Hay fever : $b A light comedy in three actsCoward, Noël
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Hay fever : $b A light comedy in three acts
Coward, Noël
Comedy plays; English drama (Comedy); Families -- Drama; Psychological games -- Drama
_“Although managers are always saying that they cannot find
good plays, Ernest Benn seems to discover new ones on every
bush. Here is another worthy addition to their series....
Mr. Levy is a man of wit and understanding and has the true
creative touch.”—“Daily Telegraph.”_
_THE TRANSLATION OF NATHANIEL BENDERSNAP. By G. D. GRIBBLE_
_“Frankly written for a select and sophisticated audience ...
there is polish and wit in the dialogue.”—“Curtain.”_
_HIS MAJESTY’S PLEASURE. By CONAL O’RIORDAN_
_“An example of how the romantic play should be
written.”—“Observer.”_
_“Romance edged keenly by wit.”—“Manchester Guardian.”_
_THE MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF. By ASHLEY DUKES. (4th Impression.)_
_“Brilliant comedy ... gaiety, spontaneity and a dignity too
which is all too rarely found in high comedy.”—“New Age.”_
_ATONEMENT. By EDWARD THOMPSON_
_“Mr. Thompson is among the playwrights born.... Into this
mould he can pour all his floods of thought and feeling and
aspiration.”—“Times Literary Supplement.”_
_EXODUS. By H. F. RUBINSTEIN & HALCOTT GLOVER. (2nd Impression)._
_“The action of the play is visible as you read ... the sound
of human voices is audible throughout.”—John Freeman in the
“London Mercury.”_
_THE CONQUERING HERO. By ALLAH MONKHOUSE. (3rd Impression.)_
_“I am often asked what I call a great play. This is
one.”—James Agate._
_MIDSUMMER MADNESS. By CLIFFORD BAX_
_“Mr. Bax has done what the commedia dell’ arte did—told a
cynical modern story through old figures.”—“Times Literary
Supplement.”_
_WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE DRAMA? By H. F. RUBINSTEIN_
_“Delightfully amusing ... exquisite fun.”—“English Review.”_
_THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. By HOWARD PEACEY_
_“There is colour and eloquence in it....”—“Times Literary
Supplement.”_
_THE DANCE OF LIFE. By HERMON OULD_
_“Delightful.”—“English Review.”_
_THE FANATICS. By MILES MALLESON_
_“A play that an audience will think about and talk
about.”—Lennox Robinson._
_THE THREE BARROWS. By CHARLES MCEVOY_
_“Strong dramatic scenes, would act well.”—E. A. Baughan._
_FIRST BLOOD. By ALLAN MONKHOUSE_
_“Deals with a savagely embittered industrial dispute, at once
more natural and more subtle than Galsworthy’s ‘Strife.’”—Ivor
Brown._
_THE MASQUE OF VENICE. By G. D. GRIBBLE_
_“Who is this Mr. Gribble who suddenly bursts upon us as a
fully equipped playwright; master of his job and possessed of
more wit and more reading than most living dramatists have, or
at any rate use.”—“Times Literary Supplement.”_
_THE SCENE THAT WAS TO WRITE ITSELF. By G. D. GRIBBLE_
_“Would repay good acting.”—“New Statesman.”_
_PETER AND PAUL. By HAROLD F. RUBINSTEIN_
_“The hand of the born dramatist is very clear.”—“Times
Literary Supplement.”_
_NOCTURNE IN PALERMO. By CLIFFORD BAX_
_“A delightful miniature.”—“Daily Telegraph.”_
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