Tea and Sympathy

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T1113997828 (FINBOROUGH06) Producer Finborough Theatre. Director Adam Penfold. Design Simon Kenny. Sound Giles Sutton. Performer James Bye. Performer Robin Chalk. Performer Richard Crawley. Performer Joanna Croll. Performer Andrew Cuthbert. Performer Christopher Fletcher. Performer James Joyce. Performer Andrew Macbean. Performer Laura Main.
1 Nov 06 to 25 Nov 06	Finborough, Inner London :: V199 listing details L0725154458

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Play :: Tea and Sympathy is the story of Tom Lee, a young student at an American boys' prep school in the 1950s. Tom is a loner, uninterested in conventional "masculine" pursuits, and cruelly bullied by his classmates and housemaster for his supposed homosexuality. The housemaster's wife, Laura, becomes determined to help Tom, leading to conflict in her marriage and to a final, dramatic act intended to save Tom from despair. First produced on Broadway and in the West End in 1957 and also a major feature film, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Deborah Kerr. Playwright Robert Anderson (1917- ) received two Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award nominations for The Nun's Story (1959) and I Never Sang For My Father (1970). He was also nominated for the Writer’s Guild Award for his television drama, The Patricia Neal Story.

Author

Robert Anderson