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...enough to allow DaCosta to copy Boone/Paladin's tall-in-the-saddle style of life. · Theatrical dynasties are common enough in England, but the Redgrave clan is unique. All five members are currently in action round the world. In London, Vanessa Redgrave, 37, is starring in Noel Coward's Design for Living...
...NOEL COWARD IS a master of the one-liner, scoring them so quickly and skillfully that the uproarious chaos never lets up. Just such "words! masses and masses of words" that are "such great fun to play with" make the Kirkland House production of Hayfever a delightful evening of ridiculous hysteria...
...Coward once said of Hayfever that aspiring non-professionals often mistake the play as easy-to-act because of its small cast and use of a single set. But to him Hayfever was a very difficult play to perform. Director Chase Wilson may have harbored an illusion of facility at one time, but the finished product demonstrates her understanding of the complexities of this play. Her production sparkles with most of the necessary wit and style needed to bring off an amateur show...
Since the play lacks any real plot or action, its effectiveness depends on the acting techniques. Wilson has assembled a cast that, albeit inexperienced, has enough native talent to support Coward's barrage of language. Ann Bailen as Judith Bliss--wife, mother, and fading actress--musters just the right amount of scatter-brained style and melodramatic intensity to project this pivotal character. Her dramatic confrontations with the family and guests are some of the best scenes of the evening--she flounces, bounces, and sweeps across the stage in frenzied disarray, acting out her wildly theatrical interpretation of reality. Opposite...
Hayfever is by Noel Coward, reputedly very funny, and usually reliable sources say it's being done well, too. "I love Noel Coward," one of them explained, "because he exposes the decadence of the middle class." Of course, you could say the same for Mussolini. 8 at Kirkland House...