Private Lives

AN INTIMATE COMEDY
By Noel Coward
Starring: Gabrielle Rose, Kevin Williamson, Jerry Etienne, Mia K. Ingimundson, Julia Henderson
Director: Tom Kerr
Design Team: Ted Roberts, Alison Green.

March 12 - April 11, 2004

PASSION, FLAMES, DESIRE AND DIVORCE

"I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives" ~ Amanda

Elyot and Amanda are a former husband and wife who find themselves in adjoining rooms at a seaside Normandy hotel-they are each on their honeymoon, with new spouses, Sibyl and Victor, in tow. They decamp together to Paris, only to discover that their mutual aggravation still burns almost as tempestuously as their love.

"Gabrielle Rose's Amanda is as near perfect a portrayal as I've seen"~ The Vancouver Courier

"The cast of characters is irresistibly entertaining." ~ New York Herald Tribune

"...one of the most incessantly flippant plays ever written." ~ The Express, London

In the 1931 Broadway premiere, Coward himself starred opposite Gertrude Lawrence, with a young Laurence Olivier as Victor. Subsequent Broadway revivals have featured such notables as Maggie Smith, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Brian Bedford and Tammy Grimes, Joan Collins, and Tallulah Bankhead. 

A Note from Bill
To present one of Noel Coward's works in our fortieth season is a natural fit, as he has been an integral part of the Arts Club Theatre Company's history. It is our pleasure to welcome back one of our most distinguished alumni.