A Choice of Coward

Miniseries

1964 · 4 episodes · 4h 48m in all

Noël Coward hosts these four episodes, each an adaptation of one of his plays.

Episodes

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   1. Present Laughter

   10 Aug 1964 · 70 min

   An aging and self-obsessed actor finds himself in a borderline farcical situation when he's besieged by the demands of his estranged wife, women who want to seduce him, and a crazed playwright.

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   2. Blithe Spirit

   17 Aug 1964 · 73 min

   While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.

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   3. The Vortex

   24 Aug 1964 · 71 min

   In post-WWI England, talented young composer Nicky Lancaster must deal with his aging, socialite, drug addict mother Florence.

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   4. Design for Living

   31 Aug 1964 · 74 min

   Independent Gilda is resigned fo a life of married tedium when Otto and Leo, having gotten past their jealousy, come to America and whisk Gilda away to live an exciting polyamorous life in Paris.