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The first London revival was in 1933 at the Shaftesbury Theatre with Constance Collier as Judith.

Hay Fever has been revived numerous times around the world since then.

A 1964 National Theatre production of Hay Fever, starring Edith Evans and Maggie Smith with Coward directing, was part of the revival of interest in his work toward the end of his life.

When invited to direct the production, Coward wrote, " I am thrilled and flattered and frankly a little flabbergasted that the National Theatre should have had the curious perceptiveness to choose a very early play of mine and to give it a cast that could play the Albanian telephone directory.