Tea and Sympathy

Tea and Sympathy is a play in three acts by Robert Anderson (1917–2009).

The original text
A play about a male private school student, Tom Lee, who faces accusations of homosexuality, it was first produced on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on September 30, 1953 by The Playwrights' Company, directed by Elia Kazan. The text was published by Random House in 195*.

Performance history in South Africa
1954: produced by Taubie Kushlick and starred Margaret Inglis, John Templer and Brian Bell in 1954.

1961: Produced by the Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival with The Lark.

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