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Eighty in the Shade
Written byClemence Dane
Date premiered24 November 1958
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Newcastle
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama

Eighty in the Shade is a 1958 play by the British writer Clemence Dane. It was her final play and was written as a vehicle for her friend Sybil Thorndike who plays a famous stage actress celebrating fifty years on the stage while confronting family problems.

It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle before transferring to the Globe Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 179 performances between 8 January and 13 June 1959. As well as Thorndike the cast included Lewis Casson, Robert Flemyng, Mary Peach and Valerie Taylor.[1]

  1. ^ Wearing p.622-23

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