A Bill of Divorcement is a British play written by Clemence Dane that debuted in 1921 in London. Dane wrote it as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman divorcing her husband. It was made into a British silent film in 1922, and into American films in 1932 and 1940. The most well-known treatment was the 1932 film, which was Katharine Hepburn's film debut.

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  • A Bill of Divorcement is a British play written by Clemence Dane that debuted in 1921 in London. Dane wrote it as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman divorcing her husband. It was made into a British silent film in 1922, and into American films in 1932 and 1940. The most well-known treatment was the 1932 film, which was Katharine Hepburn's film debut.
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  • A Bill of Divorcement
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  • 1932-09-30
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  • A Bill of Divorcement is a British play written by Clemence Dane that debuted in 1921 in London. Dane wrote it as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman divorcing her husband. It was made into a British silent film in 1922, and into American films in 1932 and 1940. The most well-known treatment was the 1932 film, which was Katharine Hepburn's film debut.
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  • A Bill of Divorcement
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