Details

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.

Cast/Performers

James Bye, Robin Chalk, Richard Crawley, Joanna Croll, Andrew Cuthbert, Christopher Fletcher, James Joyce, Andrew Macbean, Laura Main

Creatives/Company

Author: Robert Anderson
Producer: Finborough Theatre
Director: Adam Penfold
Design: Simon Kenny
Sound: Giles Sutton