You Touched Me!
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| writer = Tennessee Williams
Donald Windham
| based_on = {{based on|You Touched Me|D.H. Lawrence}}
| director = Guthrie McClintic
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| setting = A house in rural England in the Spring of 1943.
| premiere = {{Start date|1945|09|25}}
| place = Booth Theatre, New York
| orig_lang = English
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| genre = romantic comedy
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You Touched Me! is a 1945 American stage play by Tennessee Williams and Donald Windham based on a story by D.H. Lawrence.
The original production starred Edmund Gwenn and Montgomery Clift. It went for 109 performances.
Reception
The New York Times wrote "this second of Mr. Williams's dramas to reach the local boards is not an improvement nor an advancement; in fact, it represents quite a step down. Another discussion of the groping for life, You Touched Me! is verbose and filled with lofty and long speeches; it needs editing as well as cohesion. Finally, it does not have the warm acting which glossed over the imperfections of "The Glass Menagerie," for the members of its cast play in several styles. It is, in short, a disappointment."{{cite news|newspaper=New York Times|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/31/specials/williams-touched.html?scp=4&sq=Who%20Touched%20Me&st=cse|access-date=6 September 2024|date=26 September 1945|title=The Play: 'You Touched Me!'|first=Lewis|last=Nichols}}
Adaptations
The play was adapted for British television in 1956{{IMDb title|id=1302307|title=You and Me 1956 TV}} and American television in 1954{{IMDb title|id=0622692|title=You and Me 1954 TV version}} and 1957.{{IMDb title|id=0643614|title=You and Me 1957 TV}}
References
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External links
- [https://playbill.com/production/you-touched-me-booth-theatre-vault-0000001780 You Touched Me!] at Playbill
- [https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/you-touched-me-1725 You Touched Me!] at IBDB
- [https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/2888/you-touched-me You Touched Me!] at Concord Theatricals
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