Productions
After twelve previews, the original Broadway production, directed by Alan Schneider, opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on September 22, 1966 and ran for 132 performances. The cast included Hume Cronyn as Tobias, Jessica Tandy as Agnes, Rosemary Murphy as Claire, Henderson Forsythe as Harry, Carmen Mathews as Edna, and Marian Seldes as Julia. It was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play.
After 27 previews, a revival produced by Lincoln Center Theater at the Plymouth Theatre, opened on April 21, 1996 and ran for 185 performances. It was directed by Gerald Gutierrez and starred Rosemary Harris as Agnes, George Grizzard as Tobias, John Carter as Harry, Elizabeth Wilson as Edna, Elaine Stritch as Claire, and Mary Beth Hurt as Julia. The production won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play as well as Tony Awards for Grizzard and Gutierrez, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play.
A 1973 film adaptation was directed by Tony Richardson for the short-lived American Film Theater series. It starred Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Joseph Cotten and Kate Reid.
A London production of the play previewed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from October 15, 1997, opened on October 21, 1997 and closed on April 4, 1998. It starred Eileen Atkins as Agnes, Maggie Smith as Claire, John Standing as Tobias, Annette Crosbie as Edna, Sian Thomas as Julia and James Laurenson as Harry. Atkins won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for the play in 1998.
A 2011 revival of the play was presented at the Almeida Theatre in Islington, London, directed by James Macdonald. The cast included Lucy Cohu (Julia), Diana Hardcastle (Edna), Ian McElhinney (Harry), Tim Pigott-Smith (Tobias), Imelda Staunton (Claire) and Penelope Wilton (Agnes).
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