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- This_Happy_Breed abstract "This Happy Breed is a play by Noël Coward. It was written in 1939 but, because of the outbreak of World War II, it was not staged until 1942, when it was performed on alternating nights with another Coward play, Present Laughter. The two plays later alternated with Coward's Blithe Spirit. The title, a reference to the English people, is a phrase from John of Gaunt's monologue in Act II, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Richard II.The story of the play concerns the working class Gibbons family between the end of World War I and the outbreak of World War II. It anticipates the non-violent ways in which social justice issues might be incorporated into post-war national reconstruction, examines the personal trauma caused by the sudden death of sons and daughters and anticipates the forthcoming return of English men from the war. It is also an intimate portrait of the economy and politics of Great Britain in the 1920s and 30s (such as the General Strike of 1926), as well as showing the advances in technology – the arrival of primitive crystal radio sets and telephones, home gas lights being replaced by electricity and mass broadcast radio.This Happy Breed is one of a very few Coward plays to deal entirely with domestic events outside an upper class or upper middle class setting. A number of scenes are reminiscent of previous Coward works, such as Cavalcade (1931) or the short play Fumed Oak from Tonight at 8:30 (1936).".
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- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink Cavalcade_(play).
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- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink Present_Laughter.
- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink Richard_II_(play).
- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Newton.
- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink Rosemary_Leach.
- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink Rule,_Britannia!.
- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink Sinclair-Stevenson.
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- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink The_Guardian.
- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink The_Times.
- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink The_Vortex.
- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink This_Happy_Breed_(film).
- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink Tonight_at_8:30.
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- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLink William_Shakespeare.
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- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLinkText "This Happy Breed".
- This_Happy_Breed wikiPageWikiLinkText "play of the same title".
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- This_Happy_Breed subject Category:1939_plays.
- This_Happy_Breed subject Category:British_plays.
- This_Happy_Breed subject Category:English_culture.
- This_Happy_Breed subject Category:Plays_by_Noël_Coward.
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- This_Happy_Breed comment "This Happy Breed is a play by Noël Coward. It was written in 1939 but, because of the outbreak of World War II, it was not staged until 1942, when it was performed on alternating nights with another Coward play, Present Laughter. The two plays later alternated with Coward's Blithe Spirit.".
- This_Happy_Breed label "This Happy Breed".
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