Daphne Laureola is a comic play by James Bridie about a young Polish refugee's infatuation with a middle-aged English woman.

'[2] The play was first produced by the Old Vic at Wyndham's Theatre in London in 1949, starring Edith Evans and Peter Finch, under the management of Laurence Olivier.

The production was a major success, helping launch Finch's career in London.

[3][4][5] In August 1950, it was performed at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.

[7] It was adapted for television in the UK in 1958, In West Germany in 1962, in Australia in 1965 and in the UK again in 1978, starring Olivier and Joan Plowright, Olivier's wife, as Lady Pitts.