Our Betters

About the show

Our Betters is a comedy play by the British writer Somerset Maugham. Set in Mayfair and a country house in Suffolk, the plot revolves around the interaction between newly wealthy Americans and upper-class British society. It premiered at the Nixon Theatre in Atlantic City, New Jersey before transferring to the Hudson Theatre on Broadway where it ran for 112 performances. It did not premiere in London immediately, but then enjoyed a West End run of 548 performances at the Globe Theatre between 12 September 1923 and 3 January 1925. The London cast included Constance Collier, Ronald Squire (succeeding Yorke Stephens), Reginald Owen, John Stuart, Alfred Drayton, Margaret Bannerman and Martita Hunt.