Hayfever
a comedy by Noel Coward
Saturday 17th -24th April 2027
Noel Coward’s sublime comedy of bad manners
It is the 1930s and a Noel Coward play, so it’s the jazz age, flappers, the Charleston, champagne, art deco and sophistication .
Novelist, David Bliss has plans for a quiet weekend but his overdramatic, retired actress wife Judith and their two precocious grown up children have ideas of their own. A houseful of drama results, as each of the four (unknown to the others) has invited a perfectly unsuitable guest and the ‘quiet weekend’ escalates to an exhausting and hilarious finale worthy of Feydeau
Cast
The Bliss Family (Hosts)
Judith Bliss: A retired actress, prone to dramatic scenes.
David Bliss: A novelist who prefers to ignore his family’s antics.
Simon Bliss: Their artistic and somewhat abrasive son.
Sorel Bliss: Their equally intense and dramatic daughter.
The Guests
Myra Arundel: A sophisticated, cynical woman invited by Simon.
Richard Greatham: A diplomat invited by Sorel.
Jackie Coryton: A shy, simple young woman invited by David.
Sandy Tyrell: A young, athletic man infatuated with Judith, invited by her.
Household Staff
Clara: The Blisses’ frank and long-suffering housekeeper/maid.
Crew
Director… Pauline Walsh
PA tbc
Stage Manager… tbc
Lights… Bob Critchley
Sound… Patrick Warrington
Costumes… tbc
Props… tbc
Set … tbc
