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Hay Fever/ Two Coward Shorts

Series: L.A. Theatre Works
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Length: 01:57:58

A weekend with the Bliss family turns out to be anything but. Read the full description.

Hay_fever_artwork_small Every so often, we all find ourselves holding the short end of the stick when it comes to family communication. Noël Coward's Hay Fever introduces us to one family whose highly dysfunctional interplay transforms a relaxing weekend into a maddening game of one-upmanship. Hay Fever stars Tate Donovan, Jeffrey Jones, Eric Stoltz, and Carolyn Seymour.

Then, Stephen Fry introduces a special performance of two rarely-heard short plays from the Noël Coward archives, Design for Rehearsing and Age Cannot Wither, starring Michael Gladis, JoBeth Williams, Susan Sullivan, and Juliet Mills.

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Piece Description

Every so often, we all find ourselves holding the short end of the stick when it comes to family communication. Noël Coward's Hay Fever introduces us to one family whose highly dysfunctional interplay transforms a relaxing weekend into a maddening game of one-upmanship. Hay Fever stars Tate Donovan, Jeffrey Jones, Eric Stoltz, and Carolyn Seymour.

Then, Stephen Fry introduces a special performance of two rarely-heard short plays from the Noël Coward archives, Design for Rehearsing and Age Cannot Wither, starring Michael Gladis, JoBeth Williams, Susan Sullivan, and Juliet Mills.

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