Talk:Fumed Oak

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Did you know... that We Were Dancing, The Astonished Heart, Red Peppers, Hands Across the Sea, Fumed Oak, Shadow Play, Ways and Means and Star Chamber were presented in rotation, in groups of threes, as part of Noël Coward's 1935 play cycle Tonight at 8:30?

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But what does the title mean? Rmhermen (talk) 16:19, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fumed oak is a type of wood-finish much favoured in suburban households of the day when Coward wrote the piece. It gives a somewhat gloomy deep brown colour to furniture. I take it Coward chose the title to give a hint of the heavy, glum surroundings in which the play is set, but that's just my supposition. - Tim riley (talk) 17:13, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added a description of the phrase to the History section of the article. We can leave the reader to tie the description to the atmosphere of the play. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:45, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]