Nap Hand

About the show

Nap Hand is a 1940 comedy play by Vernon Sylvaine and Guy Bolton. The title refers to the sporting term, a nap hand. The farce revolves around quintuplets. After premiering at the Manchester Opera House, it ran for 83 performances at the Aldwych Theatre in London between 2 March and 11 May 1940. The cast included Ralph Lynn, Kay Walsh, William Hartnell, Marjorie Corbett, Francis de Wolff, Frederick Piper and Bertha Belmore. It was produced by Austin Melford.