# Not for Children

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***Not for Children*** is a 1934 play by [Elmer Rice](/source/Elmer_Rice). It was premiered in 1935 at the [Fortune Theatre](/source/Fortune_Theatre) in the [West End](/source/West_End_theatre) of [London](/source/London). The work was performed for the first time on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) on February 13, 1951 at the [Coronet Theatre](/source/Eugene_O'Neill_Theatre); closing four days later after only seven performances. [Incidental music](/source/Incidental_music) was composer by [Robert Emmett Dolan](/source/Robert_Emmett_Dolan). The production starred [Elliott Nugent](/source/Elliott_Nugent) as Ambrose Atwater, [Betty Field](/source/Betty_Field) as Theodora Effington, [J. Edward Bromberg](/source/J._Edward_Bromberg) as Timothy Forrest, [Ann Thomas](/source/Ann_Thomas_(actress)) as Prudence Dearborn, Keene Crockett as Elijah Silverhammer, Alexander Clark as Clarence Orth, and [Joan Copeland](/source/Joan_Copeland) as Evangeline Orth.

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