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The play had a huge advance but reviews were not strong and it ran on
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who read the first two acts on stage just to see if she would do it but did not want to commit to a stage play. Charles Boyer agreed to play the male lead and Mary Martin the female lead. Rehearsals began in
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but it was brilliantly constructed and had the glamour and delightful aura of drawing room comedy that had been missing from the theatre for years." Logan called it "a good play. It had all the craftsmanship of the best
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DELAYED 'TIGHTS' IN DEBUT TONIGHT: ' Extravaganza,' Postponed Twice, Opens at
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AT THE THEATRE By BROOKS ATKINSON. New York Times 5 Nov 1953: 41.
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