{"id":7616,"date":"2021-10-26T12:43:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T11:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=7616"},"modified":"2021-11-10T12:15:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T11:15:38","slug":"private-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2021\/private-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraising Success with Private Lives by Noel Coward at Abbey Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Soroptimist International St Albans and District were delighted to have been <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/SAHWR-new-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6887 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/SAHWR-new-2-300x186.png\" alt=\"St Albans and Hertsmere Womens Refuge\" width=\"150\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/SAHWR-new-2-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/SAHWR-new-2.png 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>offered \u201cPrivate Lives\u201d by Noel Coward for the St Albans Abbey Theatre Charity night on Thu 4 Nov. <\/strong>With ticket sales and generous donations the Club has raised an amazing\u00a0 \u00a3967 for <a href=\"https:\/\/sahwr.org.uk\/\">SAHWR,<\/a> plus other charities supported by the St Albans and District Soroptimist Club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/101-Janet-Barbara-Sarah-Janet-Abbey-Theatre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7792\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/101-Janet-Barbara-Sarah-Janet-Abbey-Theatre-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"SISTA Janet Barbara Sarah Janet charity night Abbey Theatre\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/101-Janet-Barbara-Sarah-Janet-Abbey-Theatre-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/101-Janet-Barbara-Sarah-Janet-Abbey-Theatre.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/100-Barbara-Abbey-Theatre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7791\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/100-Barbara-Abbey-Theatre-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"SISTA Barbara Saunders thanks audience at Abbey Theatre\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/100-Barbara-Abbey-Theatre-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/100-Barbara-Abbey-Theatre.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbeytheatre.org.uk\/whats-on\/privatelives\/\">www.abbeytheatre.org.uk\/whats-on\/privatelives<\/a> 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&#8217;s Team that arranged the event and collected donations at the end are also pictured here &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Private-Lives-Charity-Night.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7620\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Private-Lives-Charity-Night-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Private Lives Charity Night\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Private-Lives-Charity-Night-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Private-Lives-Charity-Night.jpg 866w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a>Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><em>Amanda and Elyot are newly-weds \u2013 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?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This sparkling, sophisticated comedy of manners is a Coward classic which was described by The Guardian as \u2018a chilled glass of vitriol\u2019. To the New York Times, it is \u2018gorgeous, dazzling, fantastically funny\u2019 while Newsweek simply described it \u2018a brilliant comedy\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimist International St Albans and District were delighted to have been offered \u201cPrivate Lives\u201d by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35,220,631,630,221,12,60,11,206,194,13,111,99],"class_list":["post-7616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-abbey-theatre","tag-company-of-10","tag-noel-coward","tag-private-lives","tag-sahwr","tag-soroptimist","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-st-albans","tag-st-albans-and-district","tag-st-albans-and-hertsmere-womens-refuge","tag-women","tag-womens-group","tag-womens-organisation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fundraising Success with Private Lives by Noel Coward at Abbey Theatre | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI St Albans and District : Blog &amp; News : Fundraising Success with Private Lives by Noel Coward at Abbey Theatre : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . 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