The Orchard Walls is a play by the British writer R.F. Delderfield. A drama it examines the relationship between the daughter of wealthy parents and the car mechanic with whom she falls in love and attempts to elope

Elope

To elope, most literally, merely means to run away with a girl and to not come back to the point of origination. More specifically, elopement is often used to refer to a marriage conducted in sudden and secretive fashion, usually involving hurried flight away from one's place of residence together...

 with. It was first staged at Aldershot

Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located on heathland about southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council...

 in October 1953 and later moved to St Martin's Theatre

St Martin's Theatre

St Martin's Theatre is a West End theatre, located in West Street, near Charing Cross Road, in the London Borough of Camden. It was designed as one of a pair of theatres with the Ambassadors Theatre by W.G.R...

 in London.

Adaptation

In 1956 the play was adapted into a film Now and Forever

Now and Forever (1956 film)

Now and Forever is a 1956 British drama film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Janette Scott, Vernon Gray and Kay Walsh. It is based on the play The Orchard Walls by R.F. Delderfield...

directed by Mario Zampi

Mario Zampi

Mario Zampi was a film producer and director. A co-founder of Two Cities Films, he is most closely associated with British comedies of the 1950s....

 and starring Janette Scott

Janette Scott

Thora Janette Scott is an English actress. She was born in Morecambe, England. She is the daughter of actors Jimmy Scott and Thora Hird. She started her acting career as a child actress, known as Janette Scott, and became a popular leading lady...

.