The Noel Coward Collection Audiobook (Free)

Six phenomenally sophisticated Zeroël Coward comedies:

Fallen Angels: Julia and Fred and Willy and Jane are happily wedded and the very best of friends, until a postcard arrives with current information of the imminent arrival of a particular handsome Frenchman.Homosexual, debonair, and utterly sophisticated. Performed by: Annette Bening, Harriet Harris, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna, John Rubinstein and Kristoffer Tabori.

Hay Fever: A nation house weekend goes haywire when the guests and their hosts play a game of romantic about The Noel Coward Collection music chairs. This witty masterpiece is normally filled with Coward’s biting commentary by himself job. Performed by: Tate Donovan, Arabella Field, Joy Gregory, Jeffrey Jones, Lynne Marta, Serena Scott Thomas, Carolyn Seymour, Eric Stoltz and Simon Templeman.

Private Lives: Around the French Rivera, the lighting of a yacht are mirrored in the water and in the eyes of 4 hilariously mismatched lovers. Probably Coward’s greatest humor, Personal Lives shimmers with romance, desire and bittersweet truth. Performed by: Rosalind Ayres, Marnie Mosiman, Ian Ogilvy, Begonya Piazza and Kristoffer Tabori.

Design For Living: 3 terminally stylish friends try to uncoil their twisted like triangle with this sexy and scandalous jewel. Written in 1932, the play was deemed extremely daring, and is controversial also by today’s criteria. Performed by: Michelle Arthur, Claire Forlani, Thomas Hildreth, Tim Morrison, Sarah Rafferty, Douglas Weston and Hamish Linklater.

Present Laughter: Stage star Garry Essendine struggles to program his visit to Africa while his flat is invaded by a love struck ingénue, an adulterous producer, a married seductress, Garry’s estranged wife Liz and an aspiring playwright who is quite, quite mad. Performed by: Gregory Cooke, Arthur Hanket, Jon Matthews, Ian Oglivy, Siri O’Neal, Christina Pickles, Carolyn Seymour and Yeardley Smith.

Blithe Spirit: A convivial evening party among friends is transformed whenever a séance conjures the ghost of Elvira, the web host’s 1st wife, who delights in wreaking havoc among the living. An absolutely enchanting Coward humor. Performed by: Rosalind Ayres, Alexandra Boyd, Judy Geeson, Shirley Knight, Lynne Marta, Christopher Neame and Ian Ogilvy.

Exclusive bonus material: Two rarely-performed shorts by Zeroël Coward, “Style for Rehearsing” (performed by Michael Gladis, Matthew Wolf and Sarah Zimmerman) and “Age Cannot Wither” (performed by Juliet Mills, Susan Sullivan and JoBeth Williams), aswell as two conversations on Coward with Barry Day (Noel Coward Foundation) and John Lahr (The New Yorker).