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Venue	Old Red Lion
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	4th August 2015
To	29th August 2015
When	Tue-Sat 19:30. Sat Mat 14:00. Sun Mat 15:00
Old Red Lion (V216)
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Date of change: 19 Jun 15 - T1132794146

A Naughty Night with Noel Coward - We Were Dancing/The Better Half

Work:: A Naughty Night with Noel Coward (S01091140795)

A Naughty Night with No?l Coward looks at the scandalous side of high society with two hilarious one-act plays by No?l Coward: We Were Dancing and The Better Half (which was only discovered in 2007). Coward's wicked wit comes alive in this naughty night of extramarital affairs. Carefully considered sets surrounding a revolving stage and live pianist will bring both plays to life.

Production:: We Were Dancing/The Better Half (T1132794146)

We Were Dancing follows Louise, a married woman, and Karl as they fall madly in love at a country club in the South Pacific. They quickly make plans to travel to Australia together but realise shortly afterwards that they have absolutely nothing in common! We Were Dancing was written in 1935 as part of the Tonight at 8:30 cycle of one-act plays. The Better Half (1921) looks at Alice and David who are stuck in an unhappy marriage when David is on the brink of having an affair. What David doesn't realise is that his wife is trying to encourage the affair because she feels sorry for him. This play was never actually published and was eventually discovered in 2007, 34 years after Coward's death.

Presented by	Proud Haddock Productions (in association with Old Red Lion Theatre)
Director	Jimmy Walters
Design	Oliver Daukes
Costume	Rosemary Elliott Dancs
Stage Manager	Scarlett Rudd
Musical Director	Piers Sherwood Roberts
Lighting	Phillip Jones
Performer	Beth Eyre
Performer	Stephen Fawkes
Performer	Lianne Harvey
Performer	James Lorcan
Performer	John MacCormick
Performer	Tracey Pickup
Performer	Tom Self
Performer	James Sindall

Listing:: L1207779028

We Were Dancing/The Better Half

We Were Dancing follows Louise, a married woman, and Karl as they fall madly in love at a country club in the South Pacific. They quickly make plans to travel to Australia together but realise shortly afterwards that they have absolutely nothing in common! We Were Dancing was written in 1935 as part of the Tonight at 8:30 cycle of one-act plays. The Better Half (1921) looks at Alice and David who are stuck in an unhappy marriage when David is on the brink of having an affair. What David doesn't realise is that his wife is trying to encourage the affair because she feels sorry for him. This play was never actually published and was eventually discovered in 2007, 34 years after Coward's death.

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