Green Grow the Rushes
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AuthorHoward Clewes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
PublisherThe Bodley Head
Publication date
1949
Media typePrint

Green Grow the Rushes is a 1949 comedy novel by the British writer Howard Clewes. The title refers to the traditional folk song "Green Grow the Rushes, O". It revolves around a group of officials from a Whitehall government department who travel to the Kent coast for an investigation, only to find themselves encountering a community entirely committed to smuggling.

It was adapted into a 1951 British film of the same title directed by Derek N. Twist and starring Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman and Richard Burton.[1]

References

  1. Goble p.86

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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