Our first play at the Stratford Festival was Noel Coward's somewhat silly comedy about two ex(?)-lovers who both embody the gendered "joke": Men/Women, you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em. Both have married someone new, and have -- shockingly -- shown up at the same hotel on the French Riviera (or some such place) for their respective honeymoons. And not merely the same hotel, but neighboring rooms (with shared balconies)! Rekindling of old passions ensues, along with much silliness.
While a perceptive reader might have a faint notion that I am not particularly fond of this play, I must say that it was done superbly. In contrast with the understudy at the Shaw Festival who had to carry a script with him, the lead male role in this show was played -- impeccably -- by an understudy. If they wouldn't have told us he was an understudy, I would have had no idea.
Frankly, the only reason we were at this show was because it was the best option to see a play in the Avon Theatre, and we couldn't come all this way and miss one of the three theatres!
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