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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/898
Title'Design for Living' by Noël Coward
Extent1 file
Date1933-1940
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Design for Living' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript front cover gives cast list and dates; programme with cast list and date 1940; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from both the London and New York productions of 'Design for Living'

Performed at The Haymarket Theatre, London, 25 Jan 1939; presented by John C. Wilson by arrangement with Stuart Watson; directed by Harold French; decor by Roger K. Furse
Transferred to: The Savoy Theatre, London, 13 Jun 1939, closing performance, 22 Jul 1939; The Royal Theatre, Brighton, 16 Jan 1939
Revived at: The Savoy Theatre, London, 26 Dec 1939, closing performance, 20 Jan 1940; directed by Harold French
[Transferred to]: The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, 12 Feb 1940; produced by Charles Hickman
On tour: 1939: The Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff; The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
America: The Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 24 Jan 1933; The Hanna Theatre, Cleveland, 2 Jan 1933

Casts: Diana Wynyard, Alan Webb, Anton Walbrook, Rex Harrison, Dorothy Hamilton, Cyril Wheeler, Everley Gregg, Cathleen Cordell, Ross Landon, James McIntyre, Ella Miln, Dorothy Lane, Philippa Hiat, Charles Peters, Kay Lewis, Noël Coward, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne
Access StatusOpen

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