Editing Lynn Fontanne (section)

=== 1934 to 1945 ===
Between the two Coward plays in New York, Fontanne and Lunt played in London, in ''Reunion in Vienna'', repeating their American success with the piece. ''[[The Times]]'' commented:{{blockindent|The suspense and rhythm of the playing, the variety of the emphasis, preserve a tension very rare in an entertainment as light and, at root, as frivolous as this. Miss Fontanne is all a-glitter; Mr Lunt faultless in direction and speed.<ref>"Lyric Theatre", ''The Times'', 4 January 1934, p. 8</ref>|}}
For the rest of the 1930s Fontanne and her husband appeared in Guild productions. In 1935 they played Katherina and Petruchio in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]''; in 1936 they starred in a new Sherwood play, ''Idiot's Delight''; in 1937 they took the leading roles in [[S. N. Behrman]]'s adaptation of [[Jean Giraudoux]]'s comedy ''Amphitryon 38''; and in 1938 they played Arkadina and Trigorin in ''[[The Seagull]]'' on Broadway and took the production of ''Amphitryon 38'' to London, before touring it extensively in the US in repertory with ''Idiot's Delight'' and ''The Seagull''.<ref name=ww/>

The Lunts had a country estate in [[Genesee Depot, Wisconsin|Genesee Depot]], Wisconsin, close to where Lunt had grown up. It was their summer home, where they entertained a great many theatrical friends and colleagues over the decades. [[Carol Channing]] later said "Genesee Depot is to performers what the Vatican is to Catholics".<ref>Peters, p. 310</ref> They gave up their usual summer break there during the latter part of the [[Second World War]], because at Fontanne's behest the couple moved to England. She felt she should share the hardships of her family and friends there, and from 1943 to 1945 the Lunts appeared in the West End, and in performances for the troops, including a tour of army camps in France and Germany in 1945.<ref name=anb/><ref>Peters, p. 218</ref>