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Love In Idleness

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Love In Idleness is a 1944 comedy play by the British writer Terence Rattigan.[1] A young man with radical left-wing views returns from Canada to discover to his horror that his mother is in a relationship with a wealthy businessman currently serving as Minister for Tank Production.

It was staged in New York with the title O Mistress Mine.[2]

Original production

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The play opened (following a pre-London tour) at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 20 December 1944, with the following cast:[3]

  • Olivia Brown - Lynn Fontanne
  • Polton - Margaret Murray
  • Miss Dell - Peggy Dear
  • Sir John Fletcher - Alfred Lunt
  • Michael Brown - Brian Nissen
  • Diana Fletcher - Kathleen Kent
  • Celia Wentworth - Mona Harrison
  • Sir Thomas Markham - Frank Forder
  • Lady Markham - Antoinette Keith

References

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  1. ^ "Less Than Kind (Love in Idleness)". www.samuelfrench.co.uk.
  2. ^ Taylor p.150
  3. ^ "Love in Idleness - Drama Online". www.dramaonlinelibrary.com.

Bibliography

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  • John Russell Taylor. The Rise and Fall of the Well-Made Play. Routledge, 2013.