
Private Lives
1976-12-28 · 92 min · ★ 6.8
Divorced couple Amanda and Elyot have both recently remarried. On their honeymoons, however, they discover that they have accidentally booked adjoining suites at the same hotel. Containing some of Coward's best dialogue, the play revolves around the agonising realisation that despite their ferocious incompatibility, they are still drawn to each other.
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- Directors
- John Gorrie
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- BBC
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- United Kingdom
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Alec McCowenElyot Chase
Penelope KeithAmanda Prynne
Polly AdamsSibyl Chase
Donald PickeringVictor Prynne
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