The Harrogate Advertiser

Amateur Dramatics and Noel Coward can sometimes be an uneasy mixture.
The beautifully fluent language can lead to over-acting and a striving for dramatic effect where none is called for - it is to their credit and that of director Olive Richardson that this is a trap Harrogate Dramatic Society avoid falling into.
In Marion Homer, the Society has an actress of considerable talent. She gives a gem of a performance, natural, effervescent and with an innate comic timing which did full justice to one of Coward's lesser-known but nontheless charming plays.
Jane Coomber's breathtaking dizziness provided a satisfying contrast, although on occasion she worked a little too hard for effect, losing some of the nuances of the language as her voice became shrill.
The role of the monstrous maid, a sort of female Jeeves without the tact, was a spendid part which Sheila McIntosh happily made the most of and Mike Allen and Frank Moorby played the stiff-upper-lipped husbands with appropriate English reserve.
The appearance of Geoff Street as an oily but knowing Frenchman with an accent that Inspector Clouseau would have been proud of rounded off a highly enjoyable performance that was once again a credit to all concerned in its production.