Here it is the Autumn of 2020 and I have not seen a theatrical performance or a concert since last March. On the other hand there have been a plethora of presentations from all over the world online. Not sufficient but it helps. One of my favorite sources is Turner Classic Movies, where yesterday I watched the charming comedy Private Lives starring Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery, base on the play by Noel Coward.
Coward published the play in 1930 and starred in the first stage performances opposite Gertrude Lawrence. The play was an instant success and an international hit. It soon was made into a film in 1931 starring two of the hottest young stars in Hollywood.
The stage play is performed frequently and has starred many of the world's most respected actors and actresses, such as Maggie Smith, Kim Cantrall, Laurence Olivier, and Alan Rickman, as well as a host of summer stock, community theatre and student productions.
More to come soonWay back in 1983, my husband and I saw the play in Chicago with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, two of the most famous actors and double divorcees of their day. The show played in several cities, where critics panned it mercilessly. But most of the audience loved it, full of Noel Coward's wit and not-very-subtle references to the stormy Burton Taylor marriages.
In the depths of 2020, we better drag out and polish up those memories....to keep us going! More to come soon.
In the depths of 2020, we better drag out and polish up those memories....to keep us going! More to come soon.
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