The Reluctant Debutante (play)
1955 play written by William Douglas-Home / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Reluctant Debutante is a 1955 play by the British playwright William Douglas Home.
It was first performed (for a 'try-out' week) at the Theatre Royal Brighton after William Douglas-Home spotted the untrained 17-year-old actress Anna Massey and brought her in to audition for the title role.[1] After she wowed the Brighton audiences the play quickly transferred to the Cambridge Theatre, London on 24 May 1955, where it enjoyed a long run [2] with Wilfrid Hyde-White continuing to play the father and Celia Johnson the neurotic mother, Sheila Broadbent. The production was directed by Jack Minster.[3]
On 30 June 1955 MGM bought the film and stage rights to this hit London success [4] with the aim of taking it to Broadway.
In 1956 the play premièred on Broadway at the Henry Miller's Theatre with a mostly changed cast but still with Anna Massey in the lead and Wilfrid Hyde-White playing her father. [5]