Priestley had recently collaborated with Edward Knoblock on the dramatisation of The Good Companions and now wished "to prove that a man might produce long novels and yet be able to write effectively, using the strictest economy, for the stage."
His play Speakeasy, written with George Rosener, became a 1929 film of the same name.
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Knoblock was born in New York City of German parents and was the grandson of the Berlin architect Eduard Knoblauch.
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