The Complaisant Lover

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Complaisant Lover is a 1959 comedy play by Graham Greene. Consisting of two acts, each of two scenes the play revolves around an affair between Mary Rhodes and Clive Root, the book seller friend of her husband, Victor. The play takes place in the Rhodes family home and an Amsterdam guesthouse.

Characters

Victor Rhodes
William Howard
Clive Root
Ann Howard
Margaret Howard
Mary Rhodes
Robin Rhodes
A Hotel Valet
Dr Van Droog

Productions

The Complaisant Lover was first produced on 18 June 1959 by Sir John Gielgud at the Globe Theatre London. The cast included; Ralph Richardson as Victor Rhodes, Paul Scofield as Clive Root and Phyllis Calvert as Mary Rhodes.^[1]

References

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v t e Works by Graham Greene and their adaptations
Bibliography
Novels	The Man Within (1929) The Name of Action (1930) Rumour at Nightfall (1932) Stamboul Train (1932) It's a Battlefield (1934) England Made Me (1935) The Bear Fell Free (1935) A Gun for Sale (1936) Brighton Rock (1938) The Confidential Agent (1939) The Power and the Glory (1940) The Ministry of Fear (1943) The Heart of the Matter (1948) The Third Man (novella; 1949) The End of the Affair (1951) The Quiet American (1955) Loser Takes All (1955) Our Man in Havana (1958) A Burnt-Out Case (1960) The Comedians (1966) Travels with My Aunt (1969) The Honorary Consul (1973) The Human Factor (1978) Doctor Fischer of Geneva (1980) Monsignor Quixote (1982) The Tenth Man (1985) The Captain and the Enemy (1988) No Man's Land (2005)
Travel books	Journey Without Maps (1936) The Lawless Roads (1939) In Search of a Character (1961) Getting To Know The General: The Story of an Involvement (1984)
Autobiography	A Sort of Life (1971) Ways of Escape (1980) Getting To Know The General: The Story of an Involvement (1984) A World of My Own: A Dream Diary (1992)
Plays	The Living Room (1953) The Potting Shed (1957) The Complaisant Lover (1959) Carving a Statue (1964) The Return of A. J. Raffles (1975) The Great Jowett (1981) Yes and No (1983) For Whom the Bell Chimes (1983)
Story collections	Twenty-One Stories (1954) A Sense of Reality (1963) May We Borrow Your Husband? (1967) The Last Word and Other Stories (1990)
Short stories	"The End of the Party" (1929) "Proof Positive" (1930) "The Basement Room" (1936) "Across the Bridge" (1938) "Alas, Poor Maling" (1940) "The Blue Film" (1954) "The Destructors" (1954) "A Shocking Accident" "The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen" "The Last Word"
Films	Orient Express (1934) The Future's in the Air (1937) The New Britain (1940) 21 Days (1940) This Gun for Hire (1942) Went the Day Well? (1942) Ministry of Fear (1944) Brighton Rock (1947) The Fallen Idol (1948) The Third Man (1949) The Heart of the Matter (1953) The End of the Affair (1955) Loser Takes All (1956) Saint Joan (1957) The Quiet American (1958) Our Man in Havana (1959) The Comedians (1967) Travels with My Aunt (1972) The Human Factor (1979) The Honorary Consul (1983) Monsignor Quixote (1985) The End of the Affair (1999) The Quiet American (2002) Brighton Rock (2010)
Other	Brighton Rock (play) Shades of Greene
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