‘I got something in my eye one day, and he got it out.’

Adapted for three actors, this short play, first produced in London in 1936, was adapted by Coward himself for the David Lean film, Brief Encounter. It was originally one of ten short plays that made up Tonight at 8:30, a cycle written to be performed across three evenings.

The play depicts the love affair of Alec and Laura across a twelve-month period. The sadness of Alec and Laura’s serious and secretive affair is contrasted throughout the play with the boisterous, uncomplicated relationship of Myrtle and Albert, two of the station staff.

Featuring Sonia Beck, Karla Goodman and Adrian Metcalfe – Directed by Karla Goodman

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