Golden Days (play)

Golden Days is a 1919 play by Sidney Toler and Marion Short, originally titled The Golden Age. It is a comedy in four-acts, each having a sub-title, with three settings and fourteen characters. The action of the play takes place during Spring and Summer of 1917, and Spring 1919. The story concerns the blossoming of a small-town Connecticut girl and her awakening to a true romance. At the time, the play was considered unusual since all but three characters were between 16 and 21 years of age.

The play was produced by George C. Tyler and Abe Erlanger. Under its original name it was given a week's tryout in Atlantic City during July 1919, staged by Frederick Stanhope, with Helen Hayes as the female lead. It was not performed again until March 1920, after it had been retitled to Golden Days. Again staged by Frederick Stanhope, it was presented in South Bend, Indiana and Chicago, starring Patricia Collinge. It went on hiatus from June 1920 until it premiered on Broadway during November 1921 with Helen Hayes once more as the female lead. It ran five weeks on Broadway then went on tour.