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The Noel Coward BBC Radio Drama Collection: Seven BBC Radio full-cast productions

ISBN 
9781787531659
Format 
Audio
Recommended Price 
R775.00
Published 
September 2018
About the book: 
Seven BBC radio full-cast productions of Noël Coward’s classic plays – plus bonus material including a profile of Coward and extracts from his diaries
 
Renowned for his wit, style and sophistication, Noël Coward was one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century. His plays, set in the glittering world of high society in which he lived, are much admired and have remained in the popular theatre repertoire to this day.
 
This collection brings together the very best radio adaptations of Coward’s works, encompassing sparkling comedies of manners Private Livesand Hay Fever, farcical ghost story Blithe Spirit, and daring ménage à trois drama Design for Living. Here, too, is his controversial first hit The Vortex; the poignant Still Life (the inspiration for the film Brief Encounter); and the semi-autobiographical Present Laughter.
 
Among the star-studded cast are Helena Bonham-Carter, Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Roger Allam, Harriet Walter, Paul Rhys, Stephanie Cole and Paul Scofield.
 
Also included is a BBC World Service profile of Noël Coward, comprising interviews, musical extracts and archive clips; and the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘From His Diaries’, featuring a selection of passages from Coward’s journal read by Simon Cadell.
 
Private Lives
Amanda…Helena Bonham-Carter 
Elyot…Bill Nighy 
Sibyl…Andrea Riseborough 
Victor…Paul Ritter
Louise…AnnaRose Cattanach 
Directed by Sally Avens 
 
Hay Fever
Judith Bliss…Judi Dench 
David Bliss…Michael Williams 
Richard Greatham…Geoffrey Palmer 
Marya Arundel…Celia Imrie 
Jackie Coryton…Patricia Brake 
Sandy Tyrell…Christopher Blake 
Simon Bliss…Patrick Pearson 
Sorel Bliss…Alison Reid 
Qara…Patricia Hayes 
Directed by Leslie Lawton 
 
Blithe Spirit
Charles…Roger Allam 
Madame Arcati…Maggie Steed 
Elvira…Zoe Waites
Ruth…Hermione Gulliford
Dr Bradman…David Killick 
Mrs Bradman…Tilly Tremayne 
Edith…Natalie Cassidy 
Dramatised by Bert Coules 
Directed by Philip Franks 
 
Design for Living 
Gilda…Cheryl Campbell 
Otto…Alex Jennings
Leo…Michael Kitchen
Ernest Friedman…James Laurenson
Mr Birbeck…Alan Barker 
Henry Carver…Bradley Lavell 
Miss Hodge/Helen…Joanna Myers 
Grace Torrence…Linda Marlowe 
Directed by Ned Chaillet 
Pianist: Jimmy Hardwick 
 
The Vortex 
Florence Lancaster…Harriet Walter 
Nicky…Paul Rhys 
Helen…Frances Jeater
Pawnie…John Rye
Clara Hibbert…Jenny Funnell
Tom Veryan…Robert Portal 
David Lancaster…Peter Blythe
Bunty Mainwaring…Federay Holmes
Bruce Fairlight…Keith Drinkel
Preston…Pamela Grace 
Directed by John Tydeman 
Pianist: Mike Sykes 
 
Still Life 
Laura Lesson…Amanda Root
Dr Alec Harvey…John Duttine
Myrtle Bagott…Stephanie Cole
Albert Godby…Trevor Peacock
Beryl Waters/Lady on Train…Sunny Ormonde
Stanley…Brian Parr
Dolly Messiter…Josephine Tewson
Bill…Richard Curnow
Johnny/Guard…Malcolm McKee
Dramatised by Malcolm McKee 
Directed by Sue Wilson 
Music composed by Malcolm McKee 
 
Present Laughter 
Gary Essendine…Paul Scofield
Liz Essendine…Joy Parker
Monica Reed…Patricia Routledge
Joanna Lyppiatt…Fenella Fielding
Henry Lyppiatt…Alan Rowe
Morris Dixon…Bernard Joyner
Daphne Stillington…Miriam Margolyes
Lady Saltburn…Betty Huntley-Wright 
Fred…Timothy Bateson
Miss Erikson…Diana Olsson
Roland Maule…David Timson 
Dramatised and produced by Ian Cotterell 
 
Duration: 14 hours approx.

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