DDM
was pleased with the stage production, though she thought the male lead, Owen Nares
, was not exactly right for the part. She loved the performances of the women, especially that of Celia Johnson
.
Forster, Margaret. Daphne du Maurier. Chatto and Windus, 1993.
145, 148
Textual Production
Dodie Smith
Fay Compton
and Owen Nares
played the leading roles, and Smith's friend Phyllis Morris
first made her mark as a character actress.
Short, Ernest. Theatrical Cavalcade. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1942.
202
Wynne-Tyson, Jon. Finding the Words: A Publishing Life. Michael Russell, 2004.
84
A few months later, in January 1936, another production opened at...
