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Description
Coward's wit and precision as a modern dramatist is nowhere better exemplified than in this classic modern play from 1930. Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne (originally played by Gertrude Lawrence and Noël Coward), recently divorced from one another five years previously, arrive coincidentally at the same French hotel. They are honeymooning with their respective new spouses. Encountering one another by chance, each is at once horrified and fascinated by the other. Together they leave for Paris and begin a roundelay of quarrels and love intrigues that culminate in their getting back together.
Product details

Published | 16 Aug 2013 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 96 |
ISBN | 9781472523730 |
Imprint | Methuen Drama |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Series | Modern Plays |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Noel Coward's glittering gem
Sam Marlowe, The Times
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The brilliance of Coward's conceit . . . is as sparkling as it ever was
John Nathan, Jewish Chronicle
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The play is marriage in three parts, but with better jokes and an interval
Nina Caplan, Time Out
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In a word - go
Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph