Accent on Youth is a Broadway play written by Samson Raphaelson which debuted on Christmas Day, 1934. The plot concerns a lazy, middle-aged playwright who is spurred to write by his new young secretary. The original cast included Nicholas Hannen as playwright Steven Gaye and Constance Cummings as secretary Linda Brown.Successful playwright Stephen Gaye is about to abandon his latest script when his young secretary offers him new inspiration. With her as his muse, he stages the show on Broadway, only to learn, to his dismay, that the show's young leading man is being inspired by her, too. The play has been filmed several times. The 1935 movie Accent on Youth starred Herbert Marshall and Sylvia Sydney. The second film version was a musical and titled Mr. Music in 1950, starring Bing Crosby and Nancy Olson. The third film version, titled But Not For Me (1959), starred Clark Gable with Carroll Baker.
In 2009, the Manhattan Theatre Club will stage a revival of the play featuring David Hyde Pierce and Mary Catherine Garrison. Daniel Sullivan is slated to direct. Accent on Youth tickets will be available on-line in the summer of 2009.
