Norman Charles Hunter (18 September 1908 – 19 April 1971) was a British playwright whose plays attracted such notable actors to perform them as

John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Brit ...

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, Sybil Thorndike, Ralph Richardson,

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Michael Redgrave Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Mourning Becomes Elec ...

, and Ingrid Bergman. His play ''A Picture of Autumn'' was revived off-Broadway by the Mint Theater Company in 2013. Hunter's play ''A Day by the Sea'' was revived off-Broadway by the

Mint Theater Company Mint Theater Company was founded in 1992 in New York City. Their mission is to find, produce, and advocate for "worthwhile plays from the past that have been lost or forgotten". They have been instrumental in restoring the theatrical legacy of sev ...

in 2016. It subsequently had its first major UK revival at London's

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with John Sackville in the title role of Julian Anson

Stage plays

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'' (1935) *''Ladies and Gentlemen'' (1937) *''A party for Christmas'' (1938) * '' Grouse in June'' (1939) *'' Waters of the Moon'' (1951) which included in its cast Sybil Thorndike and Edith Evans. It ran for 835 performances. It was later produced in 1978 with Wendy Hiller and Ingrid Bergman in its cast. *'' A Day by the Sea'' (1953) which included in its cast Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike, and John Gielgud, with the latter directing. It ran for 386 performances. * '' A Touch of the Sun'' (1958) which included Michael and Vanessa Redgrave in its cast. The play was sharply criticized by

Kenneth Tynan Kenneth Peacock Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was an English theatre critic and writer. Making his initial impact as a critic at ''The Observer'', he praised Osborne's ''Look Back in Anger'' (1956), and encouraged the emerging wave of ...

for "the vacuity of the author's attitude towards life" *''The Tulip Tree'' (1962) which included Lynn Redgrave in its cast. Noël Coward called it "a charming play", adding that "...it got bad notices, but ... Hunter never gets good ones, neither does he ever write bad plays. I admire his quality and class."Coward, Noel, Graham Payn, and Sheridan Morley. ''The Noël Coward Diaries.'' ambridge, MA Da Capo Press, 2000.

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