Love In Idleness

Love In Idleness is a 1944 comedy play by the British writer Terence Rattigan.[1] A young man with radical left-wing views returns from Canada to discover to his horror that his mother is in a relationship with a wealthy businessman currently serving as Minister for Tank Production.

This article is about the play. For the Thoroughbred racehorse, see Love in Idleness (horse).

It was staged in New York with the title O Mistress Mine.[2]

Original production

The play opened (following a pre-London tour) at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 20 December 1944, with the following cast:[3]

  • Olivia Brown - Lynn Fontanne
  • Polton - Margaret Murray
  • Miss Dell - Peggy Dear
  • Sir John Fletcher - Alfred Lunt
  • Michael Brown - Brian Nissen
  • Diana Fletcher - Kathleen Kent
  • Celia Wentworth - Mona Harrison
  • Sir Thomas Markham - Frank Forder
  • Lady Markham - Antoinette Keith

References
  1. "Less Than Kind (Love in Idleness)". www.samuelfrench.co.uk.
  2. Taylor p.150
  3. "Love in Idleness - Drama Online". www.dramaonlinelibrary.com.

Bibliography
  • John Russell Taylor. The Rise and Fall of the Well-Made Play. Routledge, 2013.


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