London Globe Theatre – Private Lives – 1973 – Maggie Smith

About this Private Lives theatre programme

A theatre programme for Noel Coward’s Private Lives at the Globe Theatre, London, dated 2 July 1973, starring Maggie Smith with James Villiers, John Standing and Polly Adams. Coward’s sparkling 1930 comedy follows divorced couple Elyot and Amanda, who meet again by chance while honeymooning with their new spouses. With Maggie Smith in one of her great comic roles, this is a highly collectable example of 1970s theatre memorabilia.

Condition: V Good, light cfld, Vlcr (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• This revival was directed by Sir John Gielgud.
• Coward wrote Private Lives in just a few days in 1929, and starred in the original 1930 production with Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier.
• The Globe Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue was renamed the Gielgud Theatre in 1994.