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Present Laughter is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 but not produced until 1942 because the Second World War began while it was in rehearsal, and the British theatres closed. The title is drawn from a song in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night that urges carpe diem ("present mirth hath present laughter").
"Present Laughter" is a 1967 British television version of the play of the same name by Noël Coward. It aired as a Play of the Week. Peter O'Toole starred. It was a co-production between Associated Television and O'Toole's own company, Keep Films. [1] It aired in the United States in 1968. [2]
The best-known plays of Coward's middle period, the late 1930s and the 1940s, Present Laughter, This Happy Breed and Blithe Spirit are more traditional in construction and less unconventional in content. Coward toured them throughout Britain during the Second World War, and the first and third of them are frequently revived in Britain and the US.
Noël Coward served as host, introducing productions of his plays, Blithe Spirit, [1] Design for Living, The Vortex, and Present Laughter. [2] The series was part of the Itelevision play of the Week anthology series that ran from 1955 to 1967. [3] [4] Produced by Granada Television, it premiered in August 1964 and ran one season.
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Garry Essendine in Present Laughter and Frank Gibbons in This Happy Breed: Haymarket: 1945 Two performances in his own revue, Sigh No More. [n 29] Piccadilly: 1947 Garry Essendine in revival of Present Laughter: Haymarket 1948 Three performances in Tonight at 8.30 (Hands Across the Sea, Shadow Play and Fumed Oak) during US tour. [n 30]
2003–present Bhavesh Patel (born 1980) is an American actor and writer best known for his role as Roland Maule in the 2017 revival of Present Laughter . Early life and career
O'Kane began her career as an actress and has played every major theatre in Ireland as well as touring in Australia, Canada and the UK. Leading roles include Mary in Juno and the Paycock (National Theatre), Miss Funny in At the Black Pig's Dyke (Druid Theatre Co.) and Daphne in Present Laughter (Gate Theatre).