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Six phenomenally sophisticated Nol Coward comedies: Fallen Angels, Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit, in full cast recordings starring Annette Bening, Joe Mantegna, Eric Stoltz, Rosalind Ayres Yeardley Smith and many others. Exclusive bonus material: Two rarely-performed shorts by Nol Coward, Design for Rehearsing and Age Cannot Wither as well as two conversations on Coward with Barry Day (Noel Cow...

Three terminally stylish friends, who share rivalrous affections, attempt to uncoil their twisted love triangle in this sexy and scandalous gem. Written in 1932, the play was deemed extremely daring, and even by todays standards is considered controversial. In its frank and funny take on sex, love and commitment, Design for Living proves to be one of Coward s greatest successes.

The lights of a yacht on the French Riviera are reflected in the water and in the eyes of four hilariously mismatched lovers. PRIVATE LIVES shimmers with wit, romance, desire and bittersweet truth. Starring Rosalind Ayres, Marnie Mosiman, Ian Ogilvy, Begonya Piazza, and Kristoffer Tabori Written by Noel Coward

A country house weekend goes haywire when the guests and their hosts play a game of romantic musical chairs. A most delightful madcap comedy. Starring Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, Jeffrey Jones, Serena Scott Thomas, Carolyn Seymour, Simon Templeman, Arabella Field, Joy Gregory, and Lynne Marta. Written by Noel Coward

Julia and Fred and Willy and Jane are happily married and the best of friends, until a postcard arrives with news of the imminent arrival of a certain handsome Frenchman. Gay, debonair, and utterly sophisticated

A gallery of friends, lovers, relatives and theatre acolytes sparkle around stage star Garry Essendine like bubbles in fine champagne. While Garry struggles to plan his upcoming trip to Africa, his elegant London flat is invaded by a love struck ingnue, an adulterous producer and a married seductressnot to mention Garrys estranged wife Liz and the memorable Roland Maule, an aspiring playwright who is quite, quite mad.

This classic comedy is set in the charming country home of Charles Condomine, a re-married widower. A witty and convivial evening party among friends is transformed when a sance conjures the ghost of Elvira, Charles first wife, who delights in wreaking havoc among the living. An enchanting Coward comedy! Starring Rosalind Ayres, Shirley Knight, Judy Geeson, and Ian Ogilvy Written by Noel Cowar

This special edition is published to mark the centenary of No'el Coward's birth."--P. [4] of cover.

This collection originally published 1979 by Eyre Methuen. This edition with new introduction first published in 1990. Reissued with new cover, revised introduction and chronology in 1999 by Methuen.

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Excerpt: ...is Bobbie, he's mad on Faith Crombie. Daniel . So I gathered-why, do you suppose? Sylvia . We can't think-she's the most irritating girl I've met for years-and her mother's hateful, too. Daniel . Why are they here? Sylvia . Oh, Bobbie wanted them asked, and mother's much too sweet to deny us anything in reason. Daniel . I shouldn't call Mrs. Crombie in reason-she's trying to pump me. Sylvia . You are rather a mysterious person you ...

Comedy Chararcters: 5 male, 4 female Interior set One of the "Tonight at 8:30" series produced in London and New York. In a bedroom in Mrs. Lloyd Ransome's fabulous villa on the Cote d'Azur are heiress Stella Cartwright and her husband, a gambler. They are plagued by debts and their prolonged stay at the villa is becoming embarrassing when a scandalous chauffeur attempts to rob them and ends up saving their honor.

Characters: 4 male, 3 female Scenery: Interior One of the Tonight at 8:30 series produced in London and New York. In psychiatrist Christian Faber's drawing room sits his weeping wife and his sad assistants, waiting for the siren Leonora. In four flashbacks the story emerges: Leonora, a girlhood chum, visited Christian's wife and was introduced to him. She set out to capture her friend's husband but was captured herself. She threw him over beca...

Characters: 6 male, 5 femaleInterior SetOne of the Tonight at 8:30 series, a success in London and New York. The movie Brief Encounter was based on this play. In a suburban rail station, Dr. Harvey removes a cinder from Laura's eye and they fall in love. Subsequent weekly meetings over tea, scenes debating respectability or love, and some sentimental moments transpire before they decide they must part forever. He is accepting a faraway post an...

The actual facts are so simple. I love you. You love me. You love Otto. I love Otto. Otto loves you. Otto loves me. There now! Start to unravel from there.' Design for Living is a wickedly witty dark romantic comedy by Noel Coward. Initially banned in the UK, this provocative play portrays three amoral, glib and stylish characters and their hopelessly inescapable, if also unconventional, emotional entanglement. From 1930s bohemian Paris to th...

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Edited by Barry Day, this brings together 3 volumes of Coward's verse.

The Noel Coward Reader "offers a wonderfully wide-ranging selection--the first of its kind--of the best of the Master's oeuvre, entertainingly annotated and abundantly illustrated, and including material that has never before been published. Here are scenes from Coward's famous plays, from "Private Lives "to "Blithe Spirit, " and his screenplays, from "Brief Encounter "to "In Which We Serve." Here are four of his best short stories, scenes fr...

A gallery of friends, lovers, relatives and theatre acolytes sparkle around stage star Garry Essendine like bubbles in fine champagne. While Garry struggles to plan his upcoming trip to Africa, his elegant London flat is invaded by a love struck ingnue, an adulterous producer and a married seductressnot to mention Garrys estranged wife Liz and the memorable Roland Maule, an aspiring playwright who is quite, quite mad.