The Royal Family is a
play written by
George S. Kaufman and
Edna Ferber. Its premiere on Broadway was at the
Selwyn Theatre on 28 December 1927, where it ran for 345 performances to close in October 1928. It was included in
Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1927–1928.
The play was revived in the 1975–76 season on Broadway. Directed by
Ellis Rabb, it starred
Rosemary Harris as Julie Cavendish,
George Grizzard as Tony, and
Eva Le Gallienne as the theatrical matriarch, Fanny and
Sam Levene as Oscar Wolfe. Rabb received the 1976
Tony Award for best director. The production was telecast on the
PBS series Great Performances on November 9, 1977,[2] with Rabb replacing Grizzard as Tony. This version was released on
DVD.
Several live television adaptions were produced, including one in 1952, a BBC film for television, starring
Morton Lowry as Tony Cavendish and
Charmion King as Julia, re-named as "Theatre Royal".[5]
Kaufman, George S.; Ferber, Edna (1928). The Royal Family; A Comedy in Three Acts (First ed.). Garden City, New York:
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
OCLC1490010.