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Brief Encounters - Mild Oats/Still Life archiveMild Oats was written in the early twenties and tells the bitter sweet comedy of a couple who have just met, coming back to a London flat late at night for one thing, only to find something very different happening.... Written early in his career Mild Oats shows Noel Coward's emerging talents as a comic playwrite with all the elegant dialogue and unspoken tensions of his later pieces. Still Life, is the one act play which became the classic black and white 1940s film Brief Encounter. It tells the story of Alec and Laura - a pleasant, upstanding middle-aged couple both happily married, but facing the turmoil of a doomed love affair. Set entirely within a suburban railway tea room, Lighthouse Theatre's inventive adaptation features three multiple role-playing actors as the contrasting couples and supporting characters, alongside a live pianist who presents what Coward called the final character of the piece - the unforgettable strains of Rachmaninov's second piano concerto.

Cast/Performers

Adrian Metcalfe (He - Mild Oats), Llinos Daniel (She - Mild Oates), Adrian Metcalfe (Alec / Albert - Still Life), Sonia Beck (Laura / Mytle - Still Life), Llinos Daniel (Beryl / Dolly - Still Life)

Creatives/Company

Author: Noel Coward

Brief Encounters - Mild Oats/Still Life

Brief Encounters - Mild Oats/Still Life (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01888250285. Details of all Brief Encounters - Mild Oats/Still Life archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S2654

Archive Listings

21 Sep 15Ammanford Miners' Theatre
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
Performance Details => Venue archive
16 Sep 15Arts Centre
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Performance Details => Venue archive

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