Design for Living

Summary

1964 Granada production for ITV of Design for Living by Noël Coward, presented in the four-play series A Choice of Coward.

Theatre play

Design for Living by Noël Coward (1899-1973) [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy concerning a trio of artistic characters, Gilda, Otto and Leo, and their complicated three-way relationship.

Production history

It ‘premiered on Broadway, partly because its risqué subject matter was thought unacceptable to the official censor in London. It was not until 1939 that a London production was presented.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_for_Living.

Date of transmission

Monday 31 August 1964

Time

9.10-10.30pm

Series

Choice of Coward

Channel

ITV

Production company

Granada Television (1956-)

Credits

Director

Joan Kemp-Welch (1906-1999)

Playwright

Noël Coward (1899-1973)

Adapted for Television by

Marc Brandel

Designer

Peter Phillips

Cast

Jill Bennett	Gilda
Stella Bonheur	Grace Torrence
Carol Cleveland	Helen Carver
Daniel Massey	Leo
Desmond Newling	Mr Birbeck
Benny Nightingale	Matthew
Richard Pearson	Ernest
Warren Stanhope	Henry Carver
Madge White	Miss Hodge
John Wood	Otto

Additional details

Play tags

comedy

Audiovisual sources

Title

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter, Blithe Spirit, The Vortex, Design for Living

Notes

Published by Network in 2010

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 28 August 1964 (Magazine)

Linking notes

image, p. 2; article, p. 4; listing, p. 29