''The Affair'' is a 1962 play by

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based on

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. This novel was also adapted for Australian TV in 1965.

Synopsis

A group of professors at

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try to hire an old colleague back even though they all don't like him, they all agree he was dismissed unfairly.

Productions

The original production premiered on September 20, 1962 at

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and closed after 116 performances on December 29, 1962. The show was directed by John Fernald, scenery and lighting design by Eldon Elder, and costume design by Ramse Mostoller. The cast starred

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(Thomas Crawford), Christopher Hewett (Tom Orbell),

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(Sir Lewis Eliot),

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(Laura Howard),

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(Martin Eliot), Francis Compton (G.H. Winslow),

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(M. H. L. Gay),

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(Julian Skeffington),

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(Sir Francis Getliffe), Edgar Daniels (Arthur Brown),

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(Alec Nightingale),

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(Margaret Eliot), Keith Baxter (Donald Howard), and

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(Gilbert Dawson-Hill).

Sources

* 1963. ''The Burns Mantle Yearbook: The Best Plays of 1962-1963'' New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, & Company.

External links

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