The Honeymoon: A comedy in three acts

"The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts" by Arnold Bennett is a play written in the early 20th century. The piece revolves around the newlywed couple, Cedric and Flora Haslam, as they navigate their first few hours of marriage during a seaside honeymoon. The dialogue is lively and humorous, exploring themes of love, family expectations, and the complications that arise from the couple's respective famous parents. The opening of the play sets the stage at a charming seaside hotel where Cedric, a renowned aviator, and Flora, a widow, share playful banter while attempting to plan their honeymoon adventures. Despite the excitement of their marriage, both characters reveal a sense of nervousness as they discuss where they should go next, with Flora resisting the idea of being recognized in Paris due to their famous families. Their conversation is punctuated by moments of intimacy and light conflicts, presenting a comedic tableau of modern metropolitan life interrupted by the realities of fame and familial obligations. The comedic tension is further deepened by the arrival of characters related to their respective families, hinting at complications that will unfold later in the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Enoch Arnold Bennett was an English author, best known as a novelist, who wrote prolifically. Between the 1890s and the 1930s he completed 34 novels, seven volumes of short stories, 13 plays, and a daily journal totalling more than a million words. He wrote articles and stories for more than 100 newspapers and periodicals, worked in and briefly ran the Ministry of Information during the First World War, and wrote for the cinema in the 1920s. Sales of his books were substantial, and he was the most financially successful British author of his day.