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THE GRASS IS GREENER
Synopsis:
An impoverished English Earl decides to open his stately home to the public, risking his privacy and his marriage when his wife falls madly in love with an irresistible American millionaire. In a desperate attempt to save his marriage, the Earl decides to host a house party, enlisting the help of an old flame, with dangerous and comic consequences.
This play was a West End hit in the 1960s and was adapted into a film starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmonds.
PLAYWRIGHT: Hugh Williams and Margaret Williams were a husband and wife writing team who wrote a number of plays together. Hugh (born 1904) was an English actor and dramatist of Welsh descent who became a popular stage and major film star in the British Cinema of the 1930s.
Margaret 'Vyner' Williams was an Australian born actress and dramatist, who married Hugh Williams in 1940. 'They also wrote The Irregular Verb to Love..
THE GRASS IS GREENER
Playwright: Hugh Williams & Margaret Williams
Genre: Comedy
Directed by: Robert Aylett
Production Date: February 1963
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Park Centre, Burgess Hill
BHTC Production Number: 28
John Stallwood
John McDonnell
Norma Phelan
Jim Towell
Yvonne Jones
Cast
Victor
Stellars
Hilary
Charles
Hattie
Crew
Alan Dann
Peter Campbell
Jack Trowbridge
Olive Greenfield
Jane Towell & Shirley Martin
Richard Bullimore
Esther Aylett
Anthony White
Bernard Clayman
Sheila Wells
Yvonne Jones
Stage Director
Stage Manager
Set Design
Prompt
Properties
Effects
Wardrobe
Publicity Manager
Front of House
Box Office Manager
Business Manager
Programme Gallery
Press Cuttings & Photo
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