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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."
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London Daily Telegraph
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Cast Size
3w, 5m -
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
Keywords
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.