Sabrina Fair (subtitled "
A Woman of the World") is a
romantic comedy written by
Samuel A. Taylor and produced by the
Playwrights' Company. It ran on Broadway for a total of 318 performances, opening at the
National Theatre on November 11, 1953. Directed by
H. C. Potter, with sets and lights designed by
Donald Oenslager, it starred
Margaret Sullavan and
Joseph Cotten, with
Cathleen Nesbitt,
John Cromwell, and
Russell Collins in major supporting roles. The critic for
The New York Times,
Brooks Atkinson, praised both the script and the production for its droll wit, writing that "One of the most attractive qualities of
Sabrina Fair is the opportunity it provides for enjoying the foibles and crises of some fairly scrupulous human beings." For Atkinson, the play's clever dialogue placed it beyond a Cinderella romance and into the more exalted realm of
high comedy, in the tradition of
S. N. Behrman,
Philip Barry, and
W. Somerset Maugham.