''Caro William'' is a play by

William Douglas-Home William Douglas Home (3 June 1912 – 28 September 1992) was a British dramatist and politician. Early life Douglas-Home (he later dropped the hyphen from his surname) was the third son of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, and Lady Lili ...

which premiered at the

Embassy Theatre (London) {{Infobox venue , name = Embassy Theatre , native_name = , native_name_lang = , image = Embassy Theatre London.jpg , image_size = , image_alt = , caption = , image_map ...

in 1952. The cast included Robert Shaw as Mr. George Lamb,

Rachel Gurney Rachel Gurney (5 March 1920 – 24 November 2001) was an English actress. She began her career in the theatre towards the end of World War II and then expanded into television and film in the 1950s. She remained active, mostly in television a ...

as Mrs. George Lamb and

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as Lady Melbourne. This play was the London stage acting debut of Robert Shaw.

References

1952 plays Plays by William Douglas-Home {{1950s-play-stub