New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1953). 2nd printing. Hardcover. [the book is just lighly shelfworn, but the front endpaper bears a library pocket (which has actually come detached, leaving behind a large glue stain), and is stamped several times "FILE COPY," with an additional label proclaiming it to be the M-G-M Script Department copy no. 2, and additional "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Library" stamping on all three edges of the text block; the dust jacket, which has two small chips at the top of the front panel, is additionally stamped "FILE COPY" twice on the front panel, as well as with a catalog/inventory number]. (B&W photographs by Slim Aarons) A one-time M-G-M studio copy of the published script of the play that ran for 712 performances on Broadway and was adapted into the 1956 film of the same name, with Deborah Kerr, John (no relation) Kerr, and Leif Erickson all reprising their original stage roles. Daring in its day for its treatment of homosexuality (which of course couldn't even be mentioned in the film version, due to the still-in-force strictures of the Motion Picture Production Code). Although this book isn't quite an "association copy," its clear identification as the one-time property of the studio that made the movie version at least qualifies it as a "proximity copy." .

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On May 9 2011, EarlEDoors said:

A play in three acts by Robert Anderson, which opened in London in 1957In a New England boys’ boarding school the only intimacy encouraged between the pupils and the masters’ wives is ‘tea and sympathy’. Laura though has more than sympathy for young Tom; he reminds her of her first husband-a sensitive boy who died in the Second World War proving his courage and manhood. Tom is persecuted for being different and is labelled a homosexual. In fact he is quite normal and is secretly crazy about Laura whose marriage to second husband Bill is distinctly rocky.Rejected by father friends and teachers tom tries to prove himself with the local whore but is impotent and tries to kill himself. For this act he must leave the school but on his last day Laura declares that she is leaving Bill whose persecution of Tom has made her see what Bill is covering up. She goes to Tom and finds him doubting himself so much that she offers herself – and he responds.

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Bookseller: ReadInk (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 26987
Title: Tea and Sympathy [*M-G-M File Copy*]
Author: Anderson, Robert
Illustrator: (dj) Clifford Strohl Associates
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dj
Edition: 2nd printing
Publisher: Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: (c.1953)
Keywords: Movie Source, Theatre And Plays, Homosexuality

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