To Quito and Back

About the show

To Quito and Back is a 1937 American play by Ben Hecht. It was neither a commercial nor a critical success. Mounted by the Theatre Guild, it premiered at the Colonial Theatre in Boston on September 20, 1937. It transferred to Broadway's Guild Theatre where it opened on October 6, 1937. The cast was led by Leslie Banks as Alexander Sterns, Francis Compton as Howard Evans, and Sylvia Sidney as Lola Hobbs.