Hay Fever (a comic play, 1924), written by Noël Coward (1899-1973), and opened at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, on 8 June 1925, directed by Coward

Scenes from Hay Fever (a comic play, 1924), written by the English dramatist Noël Coward (1899-1973), and opened at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, on 8 June 1925, directed by Coward, and transferred to the larger Criterion Theatre on 7 September 1925; it ran for 337 performances.

Noel Coward's comdey Hay Fever with Graham Brown and Marie Tempest (c) at the Ambassador's Theatre, 1925.

Hay FeverMarie Tempest (centre) in Noël Coward's Hay Fever at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, 1925.

Marie Tempest as Judith with Robert Andrews and Helen Spencer as her children, 1925

Act III: the guests make their escape, 1925 production

Judith Bliss (Marie Tempest) strikes a pose, 1925