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National Theatre Live: Hay Fever (2027)
Directed by Emily Burns
“A comedy of bad manners.”
Comedy · 2h 00m
It's loathsome being looked after. Last year, Judith retired from her life-on-stage. Already, she misses the applause. Idling away at their country home, the rest of the family—reclusive novelist husband David and failure-to-launch children Sorrel and Simon—are too self-involved to be a good audience. So, Judith invites a young fan as her guest for the weekend. But unbeknownst to her, each of the Blisses have a guest of their own arriving at the very same time. Completely unsuited to hosting and allergic to compromise, the house quickly erupts into a chaos of parlour games, put-downs, and unrequested encores. Hay Fever is an irresistible comedy of bad manners by the great Noël Coward. Emmy, Tony, Screen Actors Guild, and Drama Desk winner Christine Baranski makes her West End debut as the iconic Judith, sparring with Oscar-nominated legend Richard E. Grant in a stinging new production of Coward's comedy, directed by Emily Burns, and recorded at the Wyndham's Theatre in London, UK.
Cast
Richard E. Grant
David Bliss
Christine Baranski
Judith Bliss
Nancy Carroll
Myra Arundel
Will Close
Simon Bliss
Charles Edwards
Richard Greatham
Ophelia Lovibond
Sorel Bliss
Ash Hunter
Sandy Tyrell
Lucy Karczewski
Jackie Coyrton
Jo McInnes
Clara
Helena Antoniou
Understudy Sorel Bliss / Understudy Jackie Coryton / Understudy Clara
Charlotte Avery
Understudy Judith Bliss / Understudy Myra Arundel
Peter Eastland
Understudy David Bliss / Understudy Richard Greatham
Crew
- Director
- Emily Burns
- Writer
- Noël Coward
Details
- Release date
- 2027-01-14
- Runtime
- 2h 00m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- National Theatre, Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions