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Family Album (Coward)

Short Play, Comedy  /  4w, 5m

Noël Coward

Just back from their father's funeral, the Featherway children cannot pull long faces nor feign regret.

Family Album (Coward)

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    4w, 5m

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Summary
One of the "Tonight At 8:30" series. Just back from their father's funeral, the Featherway children cannot pull long faces nor feign regret. The last one to break into laughter is pious Lavinia, father's companion until his death. Even she must admit that he was lecherous and mean. After some wine, Lavinia reveals that she and old Burrows burned the final will (which left nothing to the children) minutes after the old man died.
History
Family Album was first produced as one of a series of nine one-act plays under the title Tonight At 8:30 at the Phoenix Theatre in January 1936 under the direction of Noel Coward.
Performing Groups
JASPER FEATHERWAYS
JANE
LAVINIA FEATHERWAYS
RICHARD FEATHERWAYS
HARRIET WINTER
CHARLES WINTER
EMILY VALANCE
EDWARD VALANCE
BURROWS
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting The drawing room of the Featherways' house  in Kent on an Autumn evening in the year 1860.
  • Additional Features No intermission, Play w/ Music

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Noël Coward

Noël Coward

Noël Peirce Coward was born in 1899 and made his professional stage debut as Prince Mussel in The Goldfish at the age of 12, leading to many child actor appearances over the next few years. His breakthrough in playwriting was the controversial The Vortex (1924), which feature ...

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