"[2] The title is taken from William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra: "My salad days, When I was green in judgment, cold in blood, To say as I said then!

They agree to get married, and do so in secret, but Timothy's parents have urged him to ask his various influential uncles—a minister, a Foreign Office official, a general, a scientist—to find him suitable employment.

The musical was produced by Denis Carey, with dances arranged by Elizabeth West, and with a cast that featured Dorothy Reynolds in a variety of roles, John Warner as Timothy and Eleanor Drew as Jane.

The reviewer in The Guardian wrote: "There is no pointed satire, only a passable line of wit, but the effect is one of genuine high spirits and those who liked it on Thursday were ready to call it the gayest piece of entertainment since The Mikado.

[7] The Canadian premiere of Salad Days in 1956 was at the Hart House Theatre, University of Toronto for several months[8] with Barry Morse as director and Alan Lund as choreographer.

The Canadian cast included Jack Creley, Betty Leighton, Barbara Franklin, John Clark, Roland Bull, Norma Renault and Eric Christmas.

The New York production, featuring Richard Easton, opened at the Barbizon Plaza Theatre (then located at Avenue of the Americas and 58th Street) on November 10, 1958, and ran for 80 performances.

"[8] The show was revived in the West End in April 1976 at The Duke of York's Theatre, running for 133 performances, and featured Elizabeth Seal.

[13] Salad Days was next revived in April 1996 at London's Vaudeville Theatre, directed by Ned Sherrin and featuring Simon Connolly, Nicola Fulljames and Richard Sisson.