The River (play)
The River is a 1925 play by the British writer Patrick Hastings. It is set in West Africa, where two diamond hunters are in love with the same woman. It ran for 53 performances in the West End, initially at St James's Theatre before transferring to the Lyric Theatre. The cast included Owen Nares, Clifford Mollison, Jessie Winter, Helen Ferrers and Leslie Faber. Film adaptation. In 1927 it was adapted into an American silent film "The Notorious Lady" by Hollywood studio First National Pictures, starring Barbara Bedford and Lewis Stone.