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Hay Fever

Author(s): Noël Coward

Noël Coward’s effervescent comedy of bad manners—written in three days when he was 24—is set in a country house in Berkshire.

Judith Bliss is a famous West End actress, technically retired. Husband David churns out romantic novels. Their grown-up children—Simon and Sorel—resolutely refuse to grow up.

The pathologically self-absorbed Blisses invite a quartet of hapless guests for the weekend: a career diplomat, a predatory society girl, a conventional sporty chap and a sweet-natured flapper.

The guests turn out to be cannon fodder in the family’s ongoing solipsistic fantasies. The sociopathic hosts are briefly incredulous when their guests creep away after breakfast.

Performances

The Mill at Sonning Theatre, Reading –

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