The Front Page

The Front Page
Second edition, 1928
Written by	Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur
Date premiered	August 14, 1928 (1928-08-14)
Place premiered	Times Square Theater New York City
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy
Setting	The Press Room of the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, 1928

The Front Page is a Broadway comedy about newspaper reporters on the police beat. Written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, it was first produced in 1928 and has been adapted for the cinema several times. The play entered the public domain in the United States in 2024.^[1]