[ebooktalk] Re: One of those nagging questions.
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:54:50 +0100
Hi Elaine
When I saw the play as part of a Noel Coward season it was called Brief
Encounter although I am also certain that it was actually Still Life.
Perhaps they simply changed the name to encourage attendance.
Most playwrights who were active in the period between the wars seem to have
been more active than they are today. The theatre, particularly in its West
End form was much more fluid. In those days a play was a success if it ran
for more than a few weeks. Today it seems to be necessary to run for years
in order to get back the initial investment.
Steve
From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Elaine Harris (Rivendell)
Sent: 26 June 2013 13:06
To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ebooktalk] One of those nagging questions.
Steve,
Ever since all the talk of Carnforth station, "Brief Encounter" and your
comment that the film was based on a play, it has been driving me batty
trying to remember the title of said play.
Yes, the play I believe did come first, though both were written by Noel
Coward.
Anyway, I checked tonight and it was "Still Life"; centred more on the
station tea-rooms than the film.
A lovely radio version of it was made some years ago.
Take care,
Elaine
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