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Fallen Angels
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 3m
Noël Coward’s sublime comedy of manners, in which two married women consider dallying with the same former lover, is a champagne cocktail of wit and charm.
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Cast Size
3w, 3m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Target Audience
Adult

Details
Summary
Best friends now happily married to others, Julia and Jane both once counted the dashing Frenchman Maurice as their lover. Guess who’s back in town and requesting the pleasure of the ladies’ company? Coward at his inimitable best, the story is a champagne cocktail of wit and charm.
History
Performing Groups
- Time Period 1920s
- Setting
The dining/drawing room of the Sterrolls’ flat in London. 1925.
- Features Period Costumes
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Alcohol
Media
“Deliciously tart… pure, lighthearted escapism.” – San Jose Mercury News
“A fine piece of Coward writing: witty, trenchant, superficially frothy but actually questioning the empty lives led by these indolent privileged people.” – The Observer
“[A] giddy comedy of manners… Lurking beneath Coward’s commentary on marriage is a wry aside on the class system.” – The New York Times
“Heavenly… a sublimely entertaining evening at the theatre.” – Broadway World
“Witty and often barbed interchanges… [with] funny lines and zingers aplenty from Coward.” – DC Theater Arts
“Great fun… a fizzy, amusing comedy of manners.” – Berkeleyside
“Deliciously featherweight.” – Variety
Videos
Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels – Ensemble Theatre Company Trailer
Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels – Aurora Theatre Company Trailer
Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels – Main Street Theatre Houston Promo
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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