
Dancing in the Chequered Shade (1955, closed in Boston) - repro
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John Van Druten’s highly anticipated contemporary drawing-room comedy 'Dancing in the Chequered Shade' infamously collapsed under intense creative fractures and closed on the road during its out-of-town pre-Broadway tryout engagement at Boston's historic Plymouth Theatre in late 1955, never reaching its planned New York debut. The textually rich narrative unfolds inside an elegant high-society parlor, tracking an eccentric circle of intellectuals navigating relationship mix-ups, directed by Van Druten himself.

