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Hay Fever
Noël Coward
Hay Fever
by Noël Coward
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Readers have mixed feelings about this play. While many enjoy its humor and eccentric characters, some critics feel it lacks substance and coherence when read compared to its stage performance. Overall, the comic chaos appeals to a significant portion of the audience, but opinions vary on its execution and character depth.
Extremely funny and witty Delightfully chaotic characters Great for ensemble casts Thin plot in some parts Better performed than read
Synopsis
First produced in 1925, Hay Fever is technically a masterpiece.
A comedy of bad manners which starts with the arrival of four guests, invited independently by different members of the Bliss family for a weekend at their country house near Maidenhead.
The promise of an idyllic and peaceful weekend is quickly trounced by the self-absorbed eccentricities of the family who leave the guests to slink away humiliated, embarrassed and abandoned.
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Hay Fever
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Publisher Methuen
Year 2002
Binding Paperback
Pages 112
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780413540904
ISBN-10 0413540901
LCCN 2003427870
LCC PR6005.O85 H3 2002
DCC 822/.912
Hay Fever is a British comedy play written by Noël Coward and published by Methuen in London (2002).
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