Young Wives' Tale is a 1949 comedy play by the British writer Ronald Jeans. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Brighton before transferring to the Savoy Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 373 performances between 7 July 1949 and 27 May 1950. The original London cast included Naunton Wayne, Joan Greenwood, Derek Farr, Joan Haythorne and Margaret Scudamore.^[1]

In 1951 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Henry Cass, with Greenwood and Farr reprising their stage roles alongside Nigel Patrick, Athene Seyler and Audrey Hepburn.^[2]