Lansbury followed the success of "Mame" with a performance as Countess Aurelia, the 75-year-old Parisian eccentric in "Dear World", a musical adaptation of Jean Giraudoux's "The Madwoman of Chaillot". The show opened at Broadway's Mark Hellinger Theatre in February 1969, but Lansbury found it a "pretty depressing" experience. Reviews of her performance were positive, and she was awarded her second Tony Award on the basis of it. Reviews of the show more generally were critical, however, and it ended after 132 performances. She followed this with an appearance in the title role of the musical "Prettybelle", which was based upon Jean Arnold's "The Rape of Prettybelle". Set in the Deep South, it dealt with issues of racism, with Lansbury as a wealthy alcoholic who seeks sexual encounters with black men. A controversial play, it opened in Boston but received poor reviews, being cancelled before it reached Broadway. Lansbury later described the play as "a complete and utter fiasco", admitting that in her opinion, her "performance was awful".