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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Other Productions of Private Lives

1930   West End Original London Production
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1931   Broadway Broadway Production
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1948   Broadway
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1968   Off-Broadway
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1969   Broadway
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1975   Broadway
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1983   Broadway
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1992   Broadway Broadway Revival
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2002   Broadway Broadway Revival
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2010   West End London Production
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2011   Broadway Broadway Revival
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2013   West End
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2021   UK Tour
UK Tour
2023   West End
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