Theatre Royal, BathNoël Coward's 1951 comedy gets off to a heart-sinkingly creaky start: in a splendid library (splendidly designed by Stephen Brimson Lewis) a butler (Rory Bremner) and a lady's maid (Caroline Quentin) discuss the dismaying news that the young earl (spot-on Sam Hoare) is about to bring home his intended bride " horror of horrors, a movie star. The butler is sanguine; the maid tearfully determined …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PM on June 22, 2013