Hay Fever (stage)

E246482

comedy of manners stage play theatrical work

Hay Fever (stage) is a classic 1924 comedy of manners by Noël Coward, centering on the eccentric Bliss family and their hapless weekend guests.

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Label	Occurrences
Hay Fever	1
Hay Fever (stage) canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy of manners ⓘ stage play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ
author	Noël Coward ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateWritten	1924 ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1925 ⓘ
firstPerformedAt	Ambassadors Theatre ⓘ surface form: Ambassadors Theatre, London
genre	comedy ⓘ comedy of manners ⓘ
hasActCount	three acts ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Hay Fever (radio adaptation) ⓘ Hay Fever (television adaptation) ⓘ
hasCharacter	David Bliss ⓘ Judith Bliss ⓘ Simon Bliss ⓘ Sorel Bliss ⓘ
hasPublisher	Methuen Drama ⓘ Samuel French ⓘ
influenced	later British drawing-room comedies ⓘ
language	English dialogue ⓘ
mainCharacters	Bliss family ⓘ
movement	interwar British theatre ⓘ
notableFor	ensemble comedy ⓘ strong roles for actresses ⓘ
notableRevival	1964 National Theatre production ⓘ 1984 West End revival ⓘ 2012 West End revival ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalProductionDirector	Noël Coward ⓘ
partOf	Noël Coward ⓘ surface form: Noël Coward stage works
placeOfFirstPerformance	London, England ⓘ surface form: London West End ⓘ
setting	Bliss family country house ⓘ
settingPeriod	1920s ⓘ
style	light social satire ⓘ witty dialogue ⓘ
subject	eccentric family ⓘ weekend guests ⓘ
theme	clash between bohemian and conventional values ⓘ family eccentricity ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ social manners ⓘ
typicalRunningTime	about two hours ⓘ
writer	Noël Coward ⓘ
yearOfWork	1924 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Hay Fever