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Private Lives (Methuen)
Noël Coward
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
Broadway West End
Awards & Recognition
Olivier Award
Nominee: 2014 Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play
Synopsis
Revived in 2002 by the Royal National Theatre in a production that sparkled on Broadway, Private Lives is one of the most sophisticated, entertaining plays ever written.
Elyot and Amanda, once married and now honeymooning with new spouses at the same hotel, meet by chance, reignite the old spark and impulsively elope.
After days of being reunited, they again find their fiery romance alternating between passions of love and anger.
Their aggrieved spouses appear and a roundelay of affiliations ensues as the women first stick together, then apart, and new partnerships are formed.
A uniquely humorous play boasting numerous successful Broadway runs with stars like Coward himself, Laurence Olivier, Tallulah Bankhead, Gertrude Lawrence, Tammy Grimes, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
Press Reviews
"A gleaming and gleeful comedy."
— The New York Post
"A brilliant comedy. A very funny play."
— Newsweek
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| SIBYL CHASE
ELYOT CHASE
VICTOR PRYNNE
AMANDA PRYNNE
LOUISE |
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Private Lives by Noël Coward - Starring Gertrude Lawrence and Orson Welles - 1939
Publication
Private Lives is a comedy play written by Noël Coward and published by Samuel French .
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