The report gives him frights until its mistake is exposed.Miles Malleson is one of the Mint Theater Company’s most significant rediscoveries. Known today solely for his small but striking character roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Stage Fright,” Anthony Asquith’s 1952 film version of “The Importance of Being Earnest” and several of Alec Guinness’s comedies, he was also a dramatist of no mean gifts whose plays had nonetheless vanished from the stage long before his death in 1969. The Mint, which specializes in reviving the work of such writers, has to date produced two of Malleson’s plays, “Conflict” (1925) and “Yours Unfaithfully” (1933), both of which it captured on broadcast-quality archival videos.

Hence “Yours Unfaithfully,” a serious comedy (the genre Malleson favored) whose characters learn that polyamory is more than a little bit trickier to bring off than they’d thought going in. One of the play’s stage directions is very much to the point: “A little silence of triangular discomfort.Synopsis. Claude Eastman, is a composer and conductor.

I can’t agree with Anne – she’s all over the place with her feelings for her husband and how to act. But are lines, set and costumes enough?My dispute – the subject matter. He has that ring of truth as a father and man of the cloth.There are some brilliant and comedic lines throughout Malleson’s work: “building ourselves into a room without a door,” “I wonder if jealousy is necessary to keep things together like cement,” “When in Paris, do as the Americans.” The majority of the play is set in Anne and Stephen’s country house (Carolyn Mraz’s design), and the costumes (Hunter Kaczorowski) are luscious and era appropriate. Max von Essen (from left) and Stephen Schnetzer appear in 'Yours Unfaithfully.' (Photo provided by Richard Termine )And Stephen Schnetzer in his role as reverend and father offers his son insight and advice (and offstage brawling about dogma and cricket).

Unfaithfully Yours Cast