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Hidden Laughter

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  3w, 5m

Simon Gray

Hidden Laughter
by Simon Gray

"Vibrant...Full of quiet strengths and gentle virtues that can make it an absorbing and moving experience...Wonderful comedy." - New York Daily News
"This fascinating play, his best in years, contains moments of hilarious comedy and others of bleak domestic tragedy." - London Daily Telegraph

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 5m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
Here is a hilarious look at the artistic pretensions of the young and the rich that charts a decade in the life of a London family transplanted to an idyllic country setting. A literary agent and his wife buy a Devon cottage where she can write, children will be happy, and they can relax. Into their world walks the local vicar a classically comic character who tends their magnificent garden and their emotional if not spiritual needs as the outside world intrudes with failure and disillusionment.
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
  • Time Period 1990s
  • Setting A garden, kitchen and sitting-room
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Scripts

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Authors

Author

Simon Gray

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