DESIGN
FOR
LIVING
by
Noël
Coward
Venue: Greenwich 1982
Directed by Alan Strachan
| The third - and positively the last, for the time being - of Greenwich's recent Coward productions, following the success of 'Private Lives' and 'Present Laughter'. This fascinating play with its central triangle of Leo, Otto and Gilda, three of Coward's outstanding creations, has all the typical crackling Coward wit but with some unexpected insights as he follows the pattern of love amoing the artists from Paris to London to New York in the early 30s. | |
| Cast | |
| Gilda | Maria Aitken |
| Otto | Gary Bond |
| Leo | Ian Ogilvy |
| With |
Roland
Curram Marilyn Curtis Andrew Francis Jeff Harding Helen Horton, Julia McCarthy Nicholas Tudor |
Review
Source unknown: Roger Baker
A brief welcome to Design For Living, up from Greenwich to the Globe. There’s rather more to it than to many of Noël Coward’s comedies and though the concept of a ménage a trois might be less outrageous than it once was, the debate still works. Maria Aitken is, as always, delicious and her lovers are handsomely represented by Ian Ogilvy and Gary Bond.