Private Lives

One of Noel Coward’s most insightful and bittersweet comedies, Private Lives tells the all too familiar tale of a couple that cannot live with or without each other. But Coward goes deeper than merely satisfied with skewering the upper social classes. Beneath the surface lies a pointed study of relationships, stubbornness, and the pitfalls of love, regardless of class. As one of the characters states, “I think very few people are completely normal, really deep down in their private lives.”