| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Private Lives' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; press cutting of short script by Noël Coward of a "cockney parody" of a scene from 'Private Lives'; typescript inside front cover gives cast lists and dates; includes magazine extracts of photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; printed flyer [1944]
Performed at The Phoenix Theatre, London, 24 Sep 1930, closing performance (101st) 20 Dec 1930; presented by Charles B. Cochran; produced by Noël Coward; decor by G. E. Calthrop; The Kings Theatre, Edinburgh, 18 Aug 1930
Revived at: The Apollo Theatre, London, 1 Nov 1944, closing performance [8 Jun 1946]; presented by H. M. Tennent Ltd and John C. Wilson; produced by John Clements (produced by Daphne Rye in 1945); decor by Gladys Calthrop
Transferred to: The Fortune Theatre, London, [10 Jun 1946, closing performance [717th] 20 Jul 1946]; The Kings Theatre, Southsea, 18 Apr 1949; presented by Henry Sherek; directed by Daphne Rye; decor by G. E. Calthrop; The Wimbledon Theatre, 9 May 1955; presented by the Wimbledon Theatre Company; directed by Charles Stapley; settings by Anthony Purvis
On tour: 1931: The Royal Theatre, Bournemouth; The Royal Theatre, Brighton; The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith; The Pier Pavilion, Colwyn Bay; The Pavilion, Rhyl; 1932: The Kings Theatre, Glasgow; 1933: The Winter Gardens, New Brighton; The Royal Theatre, Plymouth; 1944: The Royal Theatre, Glasgow; 1946: The Palace Theatre, Reading
America: The Times Square Theatre, New York, 27 Jan 1931; The Plymouth Theatre, New York
Casts: Adrianne Allen, Noël Coward, Laurence Olivier, Gertrude Lawrence, Everley Gregg, Jill Esmond Moore, Therese Quadri, Madge Kennedy, Otto Kruger, Audrey Pointing, Robert Newton, Donald Brian, Edith Taliaferro, Kim Peacock, Jane Graham, Edward Woodings, Eileen Adams, Margot Colliss, Muriel Forbes Robertson, Terence Duff, Robert Coote, Iris Foss, Owen Griffith, Phil Buchanan, Rita Daniel, Valerie Larg, Agatha Carroll, Arundel Nixon, Mamie Hunt, Mary Stewart, Jessie Matthews, Katie Matthews, Tallulah Bankhead, Donald Cook, Kay Hammond, Raymond Huntley, Peggy Simpson, Yvonne Andre, Patrick Barr, Thelma Hughes, Hugh Sinclair, Googie Withers, Bryan Coleman, Helen Christie, Margaret Lockwood, Peter Graves, Jack Allen, Josephine Stuart, Pamela Stirling, John Clements, Rosamund Merivale, Dora Bryan, Peter Gray, Edward Rees, Patricia Hastings, Grace Rigby, Rosaline Haddon, John Law, Charles Stapley, Jessie Matthews, Gretel Davis |