This world première production opened at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe auditorium on 9th August 2001 and ran in repertoire for the rest of the season before transferring to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End, where it opened on 5th February 2002 and played, with two cast changes, until 17th August 2002.
Click here for the West End casts and here for the National cast.
It subsequently opened at Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) on Broadway on 22nd April 2003 with the following creative team and cast:
| Written by | Charlotte Jones |
| Felix Humble | Barnaby Carpenter |
| Mercy Lott / Rosie Pye | Katie Firth |
| Flora Humble | Nicole Orth-Pallavicini |
| Jim the gardener / George Pye | Terry Greiss |
| Casting | Nancy Piccione / David Caparelliotis |
| Press Representative | Boneau / Bryan-Brown |
| General Manager | Harold Wolpert |
| Production Manager | Michael R. Moody |
| Stage Manager | Denise Yaney |
| Director of Development | Andrew D. Hamingson |
| Artistic Director | Lynne Meadow |
| Executive Producer | Barry Grove |