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Fay Compton, Pauline Tennant & Valerie White in the original London production

No Medals is a play by the British writer Esther McCracken first staged in 1944. Its West End run at the Vaudeville Theatre lasted for 740 performances between 4 October 1944 and 19 July 1946. It depicts the struggles of a middle-class British housewife during the war years. The original cast included Fay Compton and Frederick Leister while Thora Hird appeared in a comic relief role as servant in her first London performance.[1]

Film adaptation

In 1948 it was turned into a film The Weaker Sex with McCracken working on the adaptation herself. Directed by Roy Ward Baker, it starred Ursula Jeans, Cecil Parker and Joan Hopkins.[2] Only Thora Hird reprised her role from the original production.

References

  1. ^ Wearing p.169
  2. ^ "The Weaker Sex". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.

Bibliography

  • Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.


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