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The Noel Coward Collection Audiobook

The Noel Coward Collection Audiobook

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Six phenomenally sophisticated Zeroël Coward comedies:

Fallen Angels: Julia and Fred and Willy and Jane are happily married and the very best of friends, until a postcard arrives with news of the imminent arrival of a particular handsome Frenchman.Gay, debonair, and utterly sophisticated. Performed by: Annette Bening, Harriet Harris, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna, John Rubinstein and Kristoffer Tabori.

Hay Fever: A nation house weekend goes haywire when the guests and their hosts play a game of romantic about The Noel Coward Collection musical chair. This witty masterpiece is definitely filled up with Coward’s biting commentary by himself career. Performed by: Tate Donovan, Arabella Field, Joy Gregory, Jeffrey Jones, Lynne Marta, Serena Scott Thomas, Carolyn Seymour, Eric Stoltz and Simon Templeman.

Private Lives: In the French Rivera, the lights of the yacht are mirrored in water and in the eyes of four hilariously mismatched lovers. Perhaps Coward’s greatest comedy, Personal Lives shimmers with love, desire and bittersweet truth. Performed by: Rosalind Ayres, Marnie Mosiman, Ian Ogilvy, Begonya Piazza and Kristoffer Tabori.

Design For Living: 3 terminally stylish friends attempt to uncoil their twisted love triangle within this sexy and scandalous jewel. Written in 1932, the play was considered extremely daring, and it is controversial also by today’s requirements. Performed by: Michelle Arthur, Claire Forlani, Thomas Hildreth, Tim Morrison, Sarah Rafferty, Douglas Weston and Hamish Linklater.

Present Laughter: Stage star Garry Essendine struggles to strategy his trip to Africa while his toned is invaded with a love struck ingénue, an adulterous producer, a married seductress, Garry’s estranged wife Liz and an aspiring playwright who is quite, quite mad. Performed by: Gregory Cooke, Arthur Hanket, Jon Matthews, Ian Oglivy, Siri O’Neal, Christina Pickles, Carolyn Seymour and Yeardley Smith.

Blithe Spirit: A convivial evening party among friends is transformed whenever a séance conjures the ghost of Elvira, the web host’s 1st wife, who delights in wreaking havoc among the living. A truly enchanting Coward humor. Performed by: Rosalind Ayres, Alexandra Boyd, Judy Geeson, Shirley Knight, Lynne Marta, Christopher Neame and Ian Ogilvy.

Exclusive bonus material: Two rarely-performed shorts by Zeroël 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 in Coward with Barry Day (Noel Coward Foundation) and John Lahr (The New Yorker).

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