We went to the Questor’s with The Duchess (Janie’s mum) that night. Unusually, there is no mention of a meal in a restaurant afterwards, but Janie’s diary has lots of notes about her mum going off to Tunisia on holiday the next day, so my guess is that we agreed to just go to the theatre and separately had light suppers at the respective homes afterwards.
As for the play/production, I noted that this was a:
…very good Questor’s production
Janie and I are especially partial to Tennessee Williams – it is a credit to this production that we liked it, as we sense that Williams is not easy to produce well. The Rose Tattoo is not Williams best/easiest play either.
The Questor’s has a super archive for all its productions – here is a link to the archive for this one.
I have downloaded the inside of the programme which includes a handwritten note that tells us this was the first night of the production.
A decade later, Janie and I saw a top notch professional production of this play…
It is inappropriate to compare the two – Zoe Wannamaker played the lead at The National. Suffice it to say that I remember both productions well and fondly.