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Hands Across the Sea
Short Play, Comedy / 3w, 6m
A comedy of bad manners.
Lady Gilpin (Piggie) is so busy with social duties and gossip that she has no time for coherent thinking.
This title is part of Tonight at 8.30, a cycle of ten one-act plays by Coward consisting of: We Were Dancing, The Astonished Heart, Red Peppers, Fumed Oak, Shadow Play, Ways and Means, Still Life, Family Album and Star Chamber.
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Cast Size
3w, 6m -
Duration
30 minutes -
Suggested Use
- Cutting Approved for Competition
Details
Summary
Lady Gilpin (Piggie) is so busy with social duties and gossip that she has no time for coherent thinking. She is set aflutter when her drawing room is suddenly filled with her husband's naval conferees, blueprint delivery boys and dumpy Mr. and Mrs. Wadhurst from the Far East, who flighty Piggie mistakes for the Rawlingsons. The Wadhursts overhear intimate phone conversations, are stumbled over, spilled upon and completely ignored before Piggie finally gets it straight.
This title is part of Tonight at 8.30, a cycle of ten one-act plays by Coward consisting of: We Were Dancing, The Astonished Heart, Red Peppers, Fumed Oak, Shadow Play, Ways and Means, Still Life, Family Album and Star Chamber.
Cast Attributes
- Time Period 1930s
- Setting The drawing room of the Gilpins' flat in London.
- Duration 30 minutes
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £40 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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Authors
Noël Coward
Noël Peirce Coward was born in 1899 and made his professional stage debut as Prince Mussel in The Goldfish at the age of 12, leading to many child actor appearances over the next few years. His breakthrough in playwriting was the controversial The Vortex (1924), which feature ...