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The Noël Coward Collection

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Comedy
Education Level
K-12

Six phenomenally sophisticated Noël Coward comedies: 

Fallen Angels: 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. Suave, debonair, and utterly stylish.

Hay Fever: A country house weekend goes haywire when the guests and their hosts play a game of romantic musical chairs. This witty masterpiece is filled with Coward’s biting commentary on his own profession. 

Private Lives: On the French Riviera, the lights of a yacht are reflected in the water and in the eyes of four hilariously mismatched lovers. Perhaps Coward’s greatest comedy, Private Livesshimmers with romance, desire and bittersweet truth.

Design For Living: Three terminally stylish friends attempt to uncoil their twisted love triangle in this sexy and scandalous gem. Written in 1932, the play was deemed extremely daring, and is controversial even by today’s standards.

Present Laughter: Stage star Garry Essendine struggles to plan his trip to Africa while his flat is invaded by a love struck ingénue, an adulterous producer, a married seductress, Garry’s estranged wife Liz and an aspiring playwright who is quite, quite mad. 

Blithe Spirit: A convivial evening party among friends is transformed when a séance conjures the ghost of Elvira, the host’s first wife, who delights in wreaking havoc among the living. An absolutely enchanting Coward comedy. 

Exclusive bonus material: Two rarely-performed shorts by Noël Coward, Design for Rehearsing (performed by Michael Gladis, Matthew Wolf, and Sarah Zimmerman) and Age Cannot Wither (performed by Juliet Mills, Susan Sullivan, and JoBeth Williams), as well as two conversations on Coward with Barry Day (Noël Coward Foundation) and John Lahr (The New Yorker).

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