Posted by: Iain Fisher
« on: October 17, 2008, 01:20:43 AM »More Coward and Pinter.
I just saw Coward's Hay Fever by Tower Theatre Company in London. The programme notes by Tom Tillery quote Coward as saying "my dialogue was becoming more natural and less elaborate and I was beginning to concentrate more on the comedy values of a situation rather than the comedy values of the actual lines".
Pinter doesn't aim for comedy (though the plays are funny) but just like Coward for Pinter the meaning of the words does not match either what is said or the reality of the situation.
Incidentally the BBC have issued a Noel Coward box set with lots of the plays both from television and radio. Good value for money.
Iain
I just saw Coward's Hay Fever by Tower Theatre Company in London. The programme notes by Tom Tillery quote Coward as saying "my dialogue was becoming more natural and less elaborate and I was beginning to concentrate more on the comedy values of a situation rather than the comedy values of the actual lines".
Pinter doesn't aim for comedy (though the plays are funny) but just like Coward for Pinter the meaning of the words does not match either what is said or the reality of the situation.
Incidentally the BBC have issued a Noel Coward box set with lots of the plays both from television and radio. Good value for money.
Iain