Private Lives

Summary: 1959 Associated Television production for ITV of Private Lives by Noël Coward.
Theatre play: Private Lives by Noël Coward (1899-1973) [more information]
Play synopsis: A comedy of manners, Private Lives ‘focuses on a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other. Its second act love scene was nearly censored in Britain as too risqué' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Lives).
Production history: Performed in London in 1930, after touring the provinces.
Date of transmission: Friday 16 January 1959
Time: 9.00-10.00pm
Series: Television Playhouse
Channel: ITV
Production company: Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)