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About the Play
Noël Coward's witty and irreverent play about the people we cannot live with or without.
Story:
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.
Theatre
TBA
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Important Dates
OPENING: 2025-26 Season
Run Time
TBA
NOTE:
- Opening dates are subject to change.
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Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Times Square Theatre
- Opening Night
- Jan 27, 1931
- Total Performances
- 256
- Original Cast
- Noël Coward, Gertrude Lawrence, Jill Esmond, Laurence Olivier, Therese Quadri
- Director
- Noël Coward
- Producer
- Charles B. Cochran
- Scenic Design
- G.E. Calthrop
1948 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Plymouth Theatre
- Opening Night
- Oct 4, 1948
- Total Performances
- 248
- Original Cast
- Tallulah Bankhead, Donald Cook, Barbara Baxley, Sybil Chase, William Langford, Therese Quadri
- Director
- Martin Manulis
- Producer
- John C. Wilson
- Scenic Design
- Charles Elson
1969 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Billy Rose Theatre, Broadhurst Theatre
- Opening Night
- Dec 4, 1969
- Total Performances
- 198
- Original Cast
- Brian Bedford, David Glover, Tammy Grimes, Suzanne Grossman, J. J. Lewis
- Director
- Stephen Porter
- Producer
- David Merrick
- Scenic Design
- James Tilton
- Costume Design
- Joe Eula
- Lighting Design
- James Tilton
1975 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- 46th Street Theatre
- Opening Night
- Feb 6, 1975
- Total Performances
- 92
- Original Cast
- Niki Flacks, Remak Ramsay, Maggie Smith, John Standing, Marie Tommon
- Director
- John Gielgud
- Producer
- Arthur Cantor
- Scenic Design
- Anthony Powell
- Costume Design
- Germinal Rangal and Beatrice Dawson
- Lighting Design
- H. R. Poindexter
1983 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
- Opening Night
- May 8, 1983
- Total Performances
- 63
- Original Cast
- Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, John Cullum, Kathryn Walker, Helena Carroll
- Director
- Milton Katselas
- Producer
- Elizabeth Theatre Group
- Scenic Design
- David Mitchell
- Costume Design
- Theoni V. Aldredge
- Lighting Design
- Tharon Musser
- Sound Design
- Jack Mann
- Hair Design
- Michael Kriston
1992 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Broadhurst Theatre
- Opening Night
- Feb 20, 1992
- Total Performances
- 37
- Original Cast
- Joan Collins, Simon Jones, Edward Duke, Margie Rynn, Jill Tasker
- Director
- Arvin Brown
- Producer
- Charles H. Duggan
- Scenic Design
- Loren Sherman
- Costume Design
- William Ivey Long
- Lighting Design
- Richard Nelson
- Sound Design
- Tom Morse
2002 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Richard Rodgers Theatre
- Opening Night
- Apr 28, 2002
- Total Performances
- 127
- Original Cast
- Lindsay Duncan, Alan Rickman, Emma Fielding, Adam Godley, Alex Belcourt
- Director
- Howard Davies
- Producer
- Emanuel Azenberg, Ira Pittelman, Scott Nederlander, Frederick Zollo, Nicholas Paleologos, Broccoli / Sine, James M. Nederlander, James L. Nederlander, Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Duncan C. Weldon, Paul Elliott and Triumph Entertainment Partners Ltd.
- Scenic Design
- Tim Hatley
- Costume Design
- Jenny Beavan
- Lighting Design
- Peter Mumford
- Sound Design
- John Leonard
2011 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Music Box Theatre
- Opening Night
- Nov 17, 2011
- Total Performances
- 53
- Original Cast
- Kim Cattrall, Paul Gross, Simon Paisley Day, Anna Madeley, Caroline Lena Olsson
- Director
- Sir Richard Eyre
- Producer
- Duncan C. Weldon & Paul Elliott, Theatre Royal Bath, Terri & Timothy Childs, Sonia Friedman Productions, Bill Ballard and David Mirvish
- Scenic Design
- Rob Howell
- Costume Design
- Rob Howell
- Lighting Design
- David Howe
- Sound Design
- Chris Cronin
2026 Broadway Revival
- Producer
- Jeffrey Richards, Playful Productions (Matthew Byam Shaw, Nia Janis, Nick Salmon), Rebecca Gold and M/B/P Productions
1931 Film Version
- Movie Name
- Private Lives
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- Sidney Franklin
- Starring
- Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Reginald Denny
2013 Film Version
- Movie Name
- Private Lives
- Type
- Filmed Live on Stage
- Starring
- Anthony Calf, Anna Chancellor, Sue Kelvin
1976 TV Film Version
- Movie Name
- Private Lives
- Type
- Made for TV Movie
- Director
- John Gorrie
- Starring
- Alec McCowen, Penelope Keith, Polly Adams
Scripts, Videos, Merchandise and More
Books
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Videos
Merchandise
2002 Tony Award Nominations
Best Revival Of A Play
Best Actress In A Play - Lindsay Duncan
Best Scenic Design
Best Actor In Play - Alan Rickman
Best Costume Design
Best Direction Of A Play
2002 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Revival Of A Play
Outstanding Actress In A Play - Lindsay Duncan
Outstanding Set Design Of A Play
Outstanding Actor In A Play - Alan Rickman
Outstanding Director Of A Play
Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Lighting Design
2002 Theatre World Award Nominations
Emma Fielding
Adam Godley
1975 Tony Award Nominations
Best Actress In A Play - Maggie Smith
1975 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Actress In A Play - Maggie Smith
1970 Tony Award Nominations
Best Actress In A Play - Tammy Grimes
1970 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Performance - Brian Bedford
Outstanding Performance - Tammy Grimes
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