| The Deep Purple | |
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| Written by | Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner |
| Directed by | Hugh Ford |
| Date premiered | December 20, 1911 |
| Place premiered | Lyric Theatre |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Badger game |
| Genre | Melodrama |
The Deep Purple is a 1910 play written by Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner. It is a melodrama with four acts, a large cast, three settings, and fast pacing. The story concerns an attempted badger game broken up by the intended victim who rescues the unwitting female lure from a gang. The title refers to the nobility of the protagonist's character, that he was "bred in the deep purple".
The play was first produced by Liebler & Company, staged by Hugh Ford, and starred Richard Bennett. It had a short tryout in Rochester, New York, during September 1910, followed by a fourteen-week run in Chicago, before premiering on Broadway in January 1911. Its first season on Broadway ended in May 1911, after 152 performances.
The play was later adapted for silent films of the same title in 1915 and 1920.