THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (1942)

(two scenes - one charity performance)
Playwright: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Opened: Haymarket Theatre, London, April 24, 1942

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (1948-49)

Playwright: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Directed: Laurence Olivier
Opened: New Theatre, London, January 20, 1949
          The Old Vic tour of Australia and New Zealand: Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Christchurch

Cast: Vivien Leigh (Lady Teazle), Laurence Olivier (Sir Peter Teazle), Terence Morgan (Charles Surface), Peter Cushing (Joseph Surface), Peggy Simpson (Maria), Eileen Beldon (Mrs. Candour), Bernard Merefield (Crabtree), Mercia Swinburne (Lady Sneerwell), and Dan Cunningham (Sir Benjamin Backbite)

Harold Conway (Evening Standard): It was a touching, endearing, loveable performance, genial and wistful.

W.A. Darlington (the Daily Telegraph): The acting is stylized to such a pitch that I felt on occasion as though I were at a ballet rather than a serious comedy and as a result Sir Laurence achieved decorative effect at the expense of dramatic power.

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