No Medals

No Medals is a play by the British writer Esther McCracken first staged in 1944.

Its West End run at the Vaudeville Theatre lasted for 740 performances between 4 October 1944 and 19 July 1946.

It depicts the struggles of a middle-class British housewife during the war years.

The original cast included Fay Compton and Frederick Leister while Thora Hird appeared in a comic relief role as servant in her first London performance.

Directed by Roy Ward Baker, it starred Ursula Jeans, Cecil Parker and Joan Hopkins.

Fay Compton , Pauline Tennant & Valerie White in the original London production