The Living Room (play)
The Living Room | |
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Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | |
Original language | English |
Genre | Drama |
The Living Room is a 1953 play by Graham Greene
Synopsis
The play consists of two acts, each of two scenes and is set entirely in the living room of Rose Pemberton and her two elderly aunts who live with the aunts' brother James, a disabled
Premiere
After premiering at the
Original cast
- Mary, the daily woman – Dorothy Dewhurst
- Michael Dennis – John Robinson
- Rose Pemberton – Dorothy Tutin
- Miss Teresa Browne – Mary Jerrold
- Miss Helen Browne – Violet Farebrother
- Father James Browne – Eric Portman
- Mrs Dennis – Valerie Taylor
Broadway
A
Broadway cast
- Mary, the daily woman – Hazel Jones
- Michael Dennis – Michael Goodliffe
- Rose Pemberton – Barbara Bel Geddes
- Miss Teresa Browne – Nora Nicholson
- Miss Helen Browne – Ann Shoemaker
- Father James Browne – Walter Fitzgerald
- Mrs Dennis – Carol Goodner
Critical reception
Revivals
The Living Room was revived at the Jermyn Street Theatre in March 2013, with a cast including Christopher Timothy and Tuppence Middleton.[5]
References
- ^ Wearing p.223
- ^ League, The Broadway. "The Living Room – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ "The Living Room, London, April 1953". the Guardian. 12 November 2003.
- ^ Atkinson, Brooks (17 April 1953). "AT THE THEATRE; ' The Living Room,' New Play by Graham Greene, Presented at Wyndham's Theatre in London" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "The Living Room – review". the Guardian. 13 March 2013.
Bibliography
- Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
External links