Noel Coward Private Lives

(4.1 stars; 4 reviews)

Saturday-Night Theatre: West End Winners:   Private Lives Sat 20th Dec 1975, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Noel Coward, adapted for radio by Cynthia Pughe A comedy of manners in three acts, it concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Music played and improvised by:….William Davies Producer:…..Ian Cotterell Elyot Chase:…..Paul Scofield Amanda Prynne:…..Patricia Routledge Sibyl Chase:…..Miriam Margolyes Victor Prynne:…..John Rye Louise:……Carole Boyd Noel Coward wrote that Private Lives was 'conceived in Tokyo, written in Shanghai, and produced in London in September 1930.' The author reported that 'a gratifying number of respectable people queued up at the box office.' They have been doing so ever since.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.