Claim: Quartet was released.

Quartet is a play by Ronald Harwood about aging opera singers .   The play , presented by Michael Codron , was first directed by Christopher Morahan at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford prior to its West End opening at the Albery Theatre -LRB- now the Noël Coward Theatre -RRB- on 8 September 1999 starring Sir Donald Sinden , Alec McCowen , Stephanie Cole and Angela Thorne . Following a four-month run it closed on 8 January 2000 .   A regional tour from June to August 2010 enjoyed success with Michael Jayston as Reggie , Timothy West as Wilfred , Susannah York as Jean , and Gwen Taylor as Cecily .