" A Day at the Sea" Don't See it at the Beckett Thtr

"A Day at the Sea" written by N.C. Hunter (b. Britain 1908) set in Dorset 1953 is a dated piece that is a cheap Chekovian copy that doesn't cut it. It's a dated piece with heady messages of man's inherent penchant for self-destruction & annihilation are pompously bantered about by the bourgeois.  The droll hypocrisy of the well mannered upper class while teetering on the precipice of civility is guerolous & tiresome.  The aristocratic Anson family consists of matriarch Laura , brother-in-law David & son Julian.  An alcoholic & morose Dr Farley lives with the family to care for the elderly David.  The doctor is oftentimes crocked.  He has a tendency to rant & rage against man's animalistic inherent instincts.  Ingenue, Frances Farrar (although the bloom is off this rose) is a guest of the family with her children.  Frances was raised with Julian as a young girl after her being orphaned.  She left the Anson householda as a young woman to marry a man later committed suicide.  Her 2nd marriage recently ended in divorice.  Both marriages are fodder for scandal & make her a social pariah.  The undercurrent of attraction between Frances & Julian are obvious despite suitable restraint.  The loquacious dialogue & decorum   sum up to boredom.  I left after the 1st act with 2 more long acts to follow.  The faulty accents & broken air conditioning contributed to my pulling up anchor & fleeing.  Despite being offerred a free ticket to a return, I don't plan on seeing it.  This dry play should remain buried in the sand.