Daphne Laureola

A comic drama of youth and indiscretion.

Winner of "Best Play Of The Year" in 1949, Daphne Laureola was a great hit in post-War London when first staged there by Sir Laurence Olivier, in a production which starred Dame Edith Evans.

Re-visited here in a production from 1977, starring Sir Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright, Daphne Laureola is a witty and surprising tale of romantic idealism and faltering desire

In a Soho restaurant, a diverse group of people gather for dinner. Four partygoers celebrating a birthday, a bitter couple snapping over supper, an elderly working class businessman and Ernest, a young Polish