Design for Living

Play :: show/work:S3003, production/tour:T1215540235

Archive Listings

15 Sep 03 to 20 Sep 03	Design for Living Play :: listing:L0736145436, production:T1215540235, show:S3003, venue: V327	Richmond Theatre Outer London Greater London
25 Jun 03 to 9 Aug 03	Design for Living Play :: listing:L01337369486, production:T1215540235, show:S3003, venue: V854	Theatre Royal Bath Bath & North East Somerset

Details

Design for Living follows the fortunes of Gilda, Otto and Leo, a trio of decadent 30-something artists who travel from Paris to London to New York as their fame increases. The complex and revolving relationships between the three conclude themselves in a highly provocative manner, flying in the face of convention and their public profile. The notion of a ménage a trois, shocking in 1932 when the play was written is still provocative today and Coward's play has much to tell us about celebrity status, sexual mores and the nature of fidelity.
Performers Janie Dee, Hugo Speer, Aden Gillett, William Chubb, Ann Penfold, Colin Farrell, Jason Hughes, Pandora Colin, Benjamin Joiner. Author Noel Coward. Producer Thea Sharrock. Director Peter Hall. Design John Gunter. Lighting Peter Mumford.