Another reason for her early retirement from the screen (1943) was that she wanted to spend more time with her children, Brooke, Bridget and Bill (then 6, 4 and 2 years old). She felt that she had been neglecting them and felt guilty about it. Sullavan still did stage work on occasion. From 1943 to 1944, she played the sexually inexperienced but curious Sally Middleton in "The Voice of the Turtle" (by John Van Druten) on Broadway and later in London (1947). After her short return to the screen in 1950 with "No Sad Songs for Me", she did not return to the stage until 1952.