Soroptimist International St Albans and District were delighted to have been 
offered “Private Lives” by Noel Coward for the St Albans Abbey Theatre Charity night on Thu 4 Nov. With ticket sales and generous donations the Club has raised an amazing £967 for SAHWR, plus other charities supported by the St Albans and District Soroptimist Club.
The play is a classic and got lots of laughs and applause from an appreciative audience. It is an excellent Company of Ten production on the Main Stage. We would highly recommend people go along on the remaining nights 5-13 Nov to support the theatre www.abbeytheatre.org.uk/whats-on/privatelives COVID rules about facemask wearing were applied in the theatre and everyone felt very safe. Club President Barbara Saunders OBE is pictured here thanking the audience for supporting the event. The Club’s Team that arranged the event and collected donations at the end are also pictured here – l to r Janet Audley-Charles, Barbara Saunders, Sarah Lichman and Janet Tansley (who also volunteered behind the bar on the night!). Thanks so much to the team for organising such a great fundraiser.
Synopsis
Amanda and Elyot are newly-weds – although not to each other, on this occasion. The recently divorced couple find themselves honeymooning in adjoining suites at the same hotel with their new spouses. Before long, their passionate relationship is rekindled. But can this volatile pair ever find a way to make a success of marriage to each other? And how will their new partners deal with this potentially explosive situation?
This sparkling, sophisticated comedy of manners is a Coward classic which was described by The Guardian as ‘a chilled glass of vitriol’. To the New York Times, it is ‘gorgeous, dazzling, fantastically funny’ while Newsweek simply described it ‘a brilliant comedy’.