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Hands Across the Sea
by Noel Coward
Directed by Tony Kingston

at the Chateau de Bettembourg
18th – 21st November 2004 at 8.00pm



Walters - Eva Dominguez
Maureen Gilpin - Fran Potasnik
Commander Peter Gilpin - Adrian Diffey
Lt. Commander Corbett - Mike Woods
Mrs. Wadhurst - Barbara Hall
Mr. Wadhurst - John Overstall
Mr. Burnham - Caspar Rundegren
Clare Wedderburn - Ann Overstall
Major Gosling - Geoff Stevens

Hands Across the Sea is a drawing-room comedy in which the wrong guests arrive at an impromptu cocktail party causing confusion, chaos and crossed conversations.

Sir Noel Coward was one of the most prolific and influential British playwrights of the 20th century. Plays like Hay Fever (1925), Private Lives (1930) and Blithe Spirit (1940) and his most famous song "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" demonstrate his talent for fast and witty dialogue. However he could also cast a serious and reflective eye on human strengths and weaknesses. Still Life which, together with the light comedy Hands across the Sea, superbly demonstrate both the comic and serious sides of Coward's work.

New World Theatre Club

21/11/2007