Noel Coward - Hay Fever (1924) - Part 1 - Penelope Keith, Paul Eddington

Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Laura Hope Crews played the role in New York. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, the play is set in an English country house in the 1920s, and deals with the four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behaviour when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. The self-centred behaviour of the hosts finally drives their guests to flee while the Blisses are so engaged in a family row that they do not notice their guests' furtive departure

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Noel Coward (1899-1973)

Sir Noël Peirce Coward (1899-1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".
Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards.
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This Production: HAY FEVER - Penelope Keith, Paul Eddington, Patricia Hodge, Joan Sims - Director:
Cedric Messina - Dec. 26 1984

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Noel
• Coward
• Hay
• Fever
• Play
• Stage
• TV
• Film
• Comedy
• 1920s
• Penelope
• Keith
• Paul
• Eddington
• Patricia
• Hodge
• Joan
• Sims
• Director
• Cedric
• Messina

[Litomberboum]

Thanks so Much! My DVD was edited, so I did not see half of the edited parts. Hope to see more gems like this, soon.

[BaroqueJazzPlays]

@Litomberboum - well I did have a few more, but someone panicked me into removing them.... wish I didn't know.... so some more NC from old recordings will creep back onto YT

[Litomberboum]

@BaroqueJazzPlays Yep, I've noticed a number of my favorite videos dissapearing into the gloamin'. 50 % of them were vintage stuff. Is someone monitoring YouTube and weeding out the pre 1930s stuff to give way to comparatively "modern" stuff like say "I don't want to be rude but ......" That is supposed to get some laughs hein? You know what? Download free youtube downloader and get your favorites onto your hdd. Who knows when your favorites may be removed by a prowling prunes and prism.

[BaroqueJazzPlays]

@Litomberboum ‘Is someone monitoring YouTube and weeding out the pre 1930s’ – not that they are picking on vintage plays, but I have had a DMCA against NC play and a friendly warning about having every episode of Mapp & Lucia uploaded being a ‘NO, NO’ as far as copyright goes.… I do have a back up YT channel for when this one goes the boot.... and it will in time.... I can download and then upload from that channel...

[1488bill]

What great taste and class - thanks for uploading such a gem as this --

[BaroqueJazzPlays]

@1488bill - great cast and a wonderful, funny and insulting script - theatre produces some real gems and this is one of them. You should look up Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington - they have both done some fantastic work.... if you enoyed this also watch 'private lives'

[BaroqueJazzPlays]

@SureFineWhatever - should be some more Noel Coward coming soon once I have finished the next batch of baroque music...

[LM1313]

Bingo Little!  :0

Ahem . . . anyway, I just saw this in a theater and it was hilaaarious. Brilliant play!

[BaroqueJazzPlays]

@liebtiff - Seen Hay Fever last year at the Rose Theatre , Kingston with Celia Imrie - she was very good but it would have been nicer if I had seen it 15 years ago with Penelope Keith, she is Judith Bliss to me.

[liebtiff]

Thanks Baroque JazzPlays for recommending this play. I absolutely love Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington. I loved them as Margo and Jerry in The Good Life.