Accolade (play)

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Accolade
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Written by Emlyn Williams
Date premiered31 July 1950
Place premiered Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama
Setting London, present day

Accolade is a 1950 play by the Welsh playwright Emlyn Williams. Accolade was first presented in London by H. M. Tennent Ltd, in association with Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan, at the Aldwych Theatre, on 7 September 1950, with Emlyn Williams as Will Trenting and a cast including Diana Churchill, Anthony Nicholls, Dora Bryan, John Cavanah and Noel Willman. It ran for 180 performances. [1] It was revived in 2011 at the Finborough Theatre and the cast included Graham Seed, Aden Gillett and Saskia Wickham

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