Theatre Royal BathWhen Noël Coward wrote about the upper classes he made them heartless but witty. When he put the lower-middle classes on stage, he gave them heart, hurt, principles and heat, but deprived them of the power of original speech.This Happy Breed, Coward's chirpy and teary saga, was first staged in 1942, soon after Blithe Spirit and in the same year as Present Laughter. It has rarely been revived…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on July 30, 2011