Hilda Crane (1950, Jessica Tandy) - repro

Samson Raphaelson’s intense mid-century realistic drama 'Hilda Crane' completed a celebrated original Broadway premiere at the Coronet Theatre in 1950, running for a successful 137 performances. The textually rich psychological narrative unfolds inside a provincial town in Illinois, tracking Hilda Crane, a fiercely independent, twice-divorced modern woman who returns to her conservative family home to seek domestic stability, collapsing into a tragic emotional crisis when her search for autonomy and marital security collides with a manipulative mother-in-law. Directed by Hume Cronyn, the historic original production was a virtuoso star vehicle for Jessica Tandy.