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Rex Harrison and Claudette Colbert in a publicity photo for the 1985 Broadway revival

Aren't We All? is a play by Frederick Lonsdale. Frederick Lonsdale (1881 - 1954) was a British dramatist. ...


At the core of the drawing room comedy's slim plot is the Hon. William Tatham who, having been consigned to the proverbial doghouse for a romantic indiscretion, is determined to catch his self-righteous wife in an extramarital kiss of her own, while a society grande dame attempts to snare herself a peer prone to afternoon assignations with shopgirls at the British Museum. In British society, a drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. ... A grande dame is a stock character designed to represent a stereotype of an elderly high society socialite. ... For other uses, see Peerage (disambiguation). ... The British Museum in London is one of the worlds greatest museums of human history and culture. ...


The play premiered on Broadway on May 21, 1923 with a cast that included Leslie Howard. Neither this production nor a revival two years later was successful. Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Leslie Howard (April 3, 1893 - June 1, 1943) was an English stage and film actor. ...


Six decades later, a West End revival directed by Clifford Williams transferred to Broadway. After nineteen previews, it opened on April 29, 1985 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it ran for only 93 performances, despite an all-star cast that included Rex Harrison, Claudette Colbert, Lynn Redgrave, Jeremy Brett, and George Rose. Drama Desk Award nominations went to Redgrave as Outstanding Actress in a Play and the production as Outstanding Revival. // West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland . Along with New Yorks Broadway Theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of theatre in the... Clifford Williams (1926 – 20 August 2005) was a Welsh theatre director and stage actor. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Brooks Atkinson Theater is a Broadway theatre. ... Sir Reginald Carey Rex Harrison (b. ... Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 - July 30, 1996) was an Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning French-American actress in Hollywood film, stage, television and radio. ... Lynn Rachel Redgrave OBE (born 8 March 1943 in London) is an English actress born into the famous acting Redgrave family. ... Jeremy Brett in the role of Sherlock Holmes. ... George Rose (17 June 1744 — 13 January 1818) was a British politician. ... Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ...


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