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Daylight Saving (play)

Play by Nick Enright

Summary

Play by Nick Enright

Field	Value
name	Daylight Saving
writer	Nick Enright
setting	Pittwater
premiere	21 September 1989
place	Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
orig_lang	English
genre	comedy

Daylight Saving is a comedy by Nick Enright about a married couple living in north Sydney. It was one of Enright's most popular works.

Enight called it "a romantic comedy. It's featherweight. And one has all those fears that people will find it trivial. I don't think it's exactly on the ramparts of an experiment; but I'm not going to apologise for that."{{cite news|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| date=20 September 1989|page=22|title=Second chance together}}

The play went through six drafts and a workshopped reading at the Sydney Theatre Company.

The Sydney Sunday Herald called it "swift and diverting entertainment." The Sydney Morning Herald called it "the funniest and wittiest show in towm."

Premise

Tom, who manages a tennis player, Jason Strutt, is married to Felicity, a restauranteur. An ex boyfriend of Felicity's, Jason, arrives in town. Matters are complicated by Felicity's mother, Bunty, and neighbour, Stephanie.

References

[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/01/1048962754801.html David Marr, "Adored member of stage's family"], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2 April 2003, accessed 6 March 2013
(24 September 1989). "The heat is on". The Sydney Morning Herald.
(25 September 1989). "Comedy sparkles with witty verve". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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