DescriptionHelen Clark directs a strong cast in this richly comic play by the popular Noel Coward
At the centre of his own universe sits matinee idol Garry Essendine: suave, hedonistic and too old, says his wife, to be having numerous affairs. His line in harmless, infatuated debutantes is largely tolerated but playing closer to home is not. Just before he escapes on tour to Africa the full extent of his misdemeanours is discovered. And all hell breaks loose. Noel Coward's Present Laughter premiered in the early years of the Second World War just as such privileged lives were threatened with fundamental social change. Cast Daphne Stillington - Hilary Davis Miss Erkison - Elsie Stone Fred - Les Reading Monica Reed - Rita Guthrie Garry Essendine - Ronnie Sellar Liz Essendine - Doreen Reading Roland Maule - Paul Brown Henry Lyppiatt - Bernard Rogers Morris Dixon - Charles Jackson Joanna Lyppiatt - Alison Edgley Lady Saltburn - Betty Gillett |
Author
Noel Coward
DirectorHelen Clark
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