Private Lives
Private Lives by Noël Coward. An immensely popular musical comedy orignally for Gertrude Lawrence, and produced in 1930 with Coward and Laurence Olivier. It was Coward's most enduringly successful work and is generally regarded as the high point of his career both commercially and artistically.
Performance history in South Africa
Margaret Inglis and Robert Langford the play in 19**, starring Robert himself and Shelagh Holliday. In 1953 Minna Millsten directed a Johannesburg Reps production, starring Marjorie Gordon.
Opened at the Durban Jewish Club on 2 July 1968, directed by Frank Shelley, for NAPAC. Cast Erica Rogers, later replaced by Valerie Miller, Danvers Walker, Moira Waldron, and Ian Hamilton.
Directed by Peter Curtis for CAPAB in 1978. Decor by Peter Krummeck, costumes Jennifer Craig, lighting John T. Baker. The cast included Helen Bourne, John Whiteley, Mary Dreyer and Neville Thomas.
In 1988 the play was presented by Pieter Toerien, opening 18 March in the Leonard Rayne Theatre, starring Sandra Duncan, Philip Godawa, Vanessa Cooke and Neville Thomas, directed by Robert Whitehead.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 90.
Tucker, 1997
Teater SA, 1(1), 1968
See How They Run theatre programme, 1988
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