Private Lives 1930

Ages: 8+
Opened: September 24, 1930

Private Lives - 1930 - West End History , Info & More

Phoenix Theatre
(Tottenham Court Road) Charing Cross Road London

Private Lives opened at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rogers Theatre), where it ran for 92 performances. Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in neighbouring rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other. Its second act love scene was nearly censored in Britain as too risqué. Coward wrote one of his most popular songs, "Some Day I'll Find You", for the play.

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THE DAILY ACT OF ART MAKING Exhibition Series Comes to NSU Art Museum This Weekend
by Stephi Wild - Feb 23, 2024

Beginning February 25, 2024, through August 4, 2024, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will launch a new series of exhibitions, “The Daily Act of Art Making,” consisting of three concurrent solo exhibitions of South Florida artists who have dedicated their long careers to the daily act of art making.

Review: PRIVATE LIVES, Ambassadors Theatre
by Cheryl Markosky - Sep 14, 2023

A still very debonair Nigel Havers as dashing Elyot, and Patricia Hodge, very much at the top of her game as sensational Amanda – aged 72 and 75 respectively – command the stage of the newly refurbished Ambassadors Theatre.

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by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jul 7, 2023

Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge star in a sparkling new production of Noel Coward’s immortal comedy of bad manners in the parts originally played by Coward himself and Gertrude Lawrence in the play’s 1930 premiere.

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by A.A. Cristi - Jul 5, 2023

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by Stephi Wild - Jun 19, 2023

Reading Rep Theatre has today announced details of their 2023/24 Season, which will go on sale on Monday 19 June at 12pm.

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by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2023

Adam Nichols, the Artistic Director of OVO directs a sparkling new production of PRIVATE LIVES, Noël Coward’s legendary 1930 comedy of manners at the Roman Theatre this summer.

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by Herbert Paine - May 15, 2023

Lots gets lost in Arizona Theatre Company's production of Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES. Runs through May 28th in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center.

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by Blair Ingenthron - May 12, 2023

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by Stephi Wild - May 4, 2023

GLOUCESTER STAGE COMPANY has  announced the opening of its 44th Season with a fresh take on Noël Coward's iconic 1930's comedy, PRIVATE LIVES. Directed by award-winning director, educator, and actor, Diego Arciniegas, this Tony Award and Drama Desk Winner for Best Revival will run from June 2 through June 25.

Review: PRIVATE LIVES at Independent Shakespeare
by Tracey Paleo - Apr 29, 2023

When you get right down to it, Amanda and Elyot are two people with the enormous blind side of being drawn to one another yet destined to hurt one another; walking a fine line between love and hate, desire and aversion. 

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by A.A. Cristi - Apr 20, 2023

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by Stephi Wild - Mar 13, 2023

The Gloucester Stage Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Rebecca Bradshaw as the Company's new Artistic Director after an extensive nationwide search process.

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Video: First Look at PRIVATE LIVES at Raven Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 12, 2022

Raven Theatre, Chicago’s newest Equity-affiliated theatre, has opened its 40th Anniversary Season with a fresh take on Noël Coward’s iconic 1930 comedy Private Lives, directed by Ian Frank, playing September 29 – November 13, 2022 on Raven’s 85-seat East Stage. See video from the production here!

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by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 18, 2022

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by A.A. Cristi - Aug 29, 2022

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Private Lives FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is the songs are in Private Lives and what's the order?
Someday I'll Find You
I Never Realized
If You Were the Only Girl in the World
What productions of Private Lives have there been?
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