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Coward, Noel

Last Edited: 08-Apr-2017 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Plays
For dramas using Noel Coward as a character, see the mysteries by Marcy Kahan.

Date	Title	Cast	Parameters
Publ. 1922 25-May-2009	The Better Half	Federay Holmes, Lisa Dillon, Samuel West Directed by Martin Jarvis	28:06, 26348, S
1941 16-Jun-1956	Blithe Spirit	Michael Denison, Gudrun Ure, Dulcie Gray, Sylvia Coleridge, Peter Pratt, Joan Matheson, Olwen Griffiths Adapted and Directed by Norman Wright	90:10, 84539, m no credits
1941 BBC WS 08-Aug-1976	Blithe Spirit	Fenella Fielding, Gerald Flood, Irene Handle, Magaret Wedlake, Anne Resinbell, Betty Huntley-Wright, Geoffrey Segal adapted by Geoffrey Segal Directed by John Pitman	59:55, 14049, m
1941 BBC R4 27-Dec-1983	Blithe Spirit	Paul Eddington, Julia McKenzie, Anna Massey, Peggy Mount, Richard Pearson, Jane Wenham, Jill Lidstone Directed by Glyn Dearman	87:03, 81621, S
1941 BBC WS 11-Dec-1999 18-Dec-2004	Blithe Spirit	James Fleet, Sian Thomas, Amanda Redmond, Marcia Warren, Neville Jason, Frances Jeater, Elaine Paxton adapted by Nick Pitt directed by Henry Norwich	55:36, 52133, S
1941 13-Dec-2008	Blithe Spirit	Roger Allam, Maggie Steed, Zoe Waites, Hermione Gulliford, David Killick, Tilly Tremayne, Natalie Cassidy adapted by Bert Coules Director Philip Franks	88:52, 81452, S
BBC R4 26-Dec-2014	Blithe Spirit	Julian Rhind-Tutt, Louiza Patikas, Joanna Van Kampen, Carole Boyd, Michael Cochrane, Eleanor Bron, Charlotte Martin Adapted and directed by Sean O'Connor	85:36, 80082, S
1967 BBC R4 05-Feb-1975	Bon Voyage	Honor Blackman, Libby Morris, John Rowe, Joan Sanderson, William Fox, Hazel Coppen, Malcolm Hayes, Madeline Cemm, Peter Whitman, Trader Faulkner, Paul Gaymon Adapted by John Graham Directed by Kay Patrick	43:45, 41026, S
1945 BBC WS 25-Aug-1983	Brief Encounter	Cheryl Campbell, Ian Holm, Stephen Thorne, Shirley Dixon, Walter Hall, Rosalind Adams, Ray Browne, Miranda Forbes, Madi Hedd, Jean Trend, David Gooderson, Crawford Logan Adapted by Walter Hall Directed by Dickon Reed	57:30, 53911, S
1945 BBC R2 30-Oct-2009	Brief Encounter	Jenny Seagrove, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell, Jeremy Swift, Sarah Hadland, Sylvestre leTouzel, Pippa Heywood, Joanthan Vert, Andre Brooke, Kevin Kirchen adapted by Boris Horsepool Produced by Anthony Cherry	58:22, 54723, S
1931 BBC R4 23-Apr-1986	Cavalcade	Dinah Sheridan, John Pullen, Christopher Good, Andrew Branch, Melinda Walker, Carol Marsh, John Church, Sheila Grant, Gwen Cherrell, Garard Green, Katherine Parr, Pauline Letts, Natasha Pyne, Elizabeth Lindsay, Jean England, Josephine Gordon, Clifton Todd, Elaine Claxton, Avril Clark, David Learner, Ronald Herdman, Eric Stovell Chorus Girls: Avril Clark, Elaine Claxton, Audrey Leybourne, Melinda Walker, Josephine Gordon Musical direction by Geoffrey Brawn Music by The New London Orchestra Technical presentation by Carol McShane, Rosalind Mason, Keith Graham, and Roger Danes Directed by Graham Gauld	89:05, 83524, S
1932 BBC R4 27-Dec-1976	Design for Living	Anna Massey, John Rye, Martin Jarvis, John Rowe, Irene Sutcliffe, David Graham, Nicolette McKenzie Edited for radio by Guy Vaesen Produced and directed by Ian Cotterell	87:16, 81820, S
1925 BBC R3 26-Dec-1999	Easy Virtue	Anna Massey, Victoria Hamilton, Michael Elwyn, Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Jimmy Gardner, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lia Williams, Geraldine Alexander, Anton Lesser, Rupert Penry-Jones, Jack Davenport, Ruth Sillers. Mary Wimbush Adapted for radio and directed by Maria Aitken	94:49, 88897, S
1923 BBC R4 14-Apr-1973	Fallen Angels	Isabel Dean, Mary Wimbush, Michael Spice, William Fox, Hilda Schroder, Nigel Graham Adapted and produced by Ian Cotterell	60:05, 35216, M
1935 BBC 01-Jan-2000	Family Album	Josephine Tewson, Roger Allam, Theresa Gallagher, Cathy Sara, Andrew Wincott, Christopher Scott, John Duttine, Belinda Sinclair, Roger May, Malcolm McKee Adapted by Malcolm McKee Music arranged by Malcolm McKee and played by Paul Arden Taylor, Audrey Douglas, Katherine Gittings, Malcolm McKee, Suzanne Walden, and Kevin Waterman directed by Sue Wilson	43:31, 40799, S
1935 BBC R4 01-Jan-2000	Fumed Oak	David Bamber, Janine Duvitski, Cathy Sara, Stephanie Cole, Malcolm McKee, Theresa Gallagher Adapted by Malcolm McKee directed by Sue Wilson	30:22, 28479, S (credits are at the end of Family Album as a double bill)
1935 BBC R4 31-May-1999	Hands Across the Sea and Shadow Play	Stephanie Beecham, Michael Cochrane Julia Watson, Stephen Pacey, Susie Blake, Michael Cochrane, Kathy Salmon, Malcolm McKee, Roger May, Sunny Ormond Music arranged by Malcolm McKee and played by Paul Arden Taylor, Audrey Douglas, Katherine Gittings, Malcolm McKee, Suzanne Walden, and Kevin Waterman Adapted by Malcolm McKee directed by Sue Wilson	73:11, 17074, m
1925 BBC R4 18-Dec-1971	Hay Fever	Peggy Ashcroft, Tony Britton, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Maurice Denham, Colin Fernall, Geoffrey Beavers, Betty Bascombe, David Timson produced by Guy Vane	87:49, 82332, S
1925 BBC WS 25-Aug-1983	Hay Fever	Dorothy Tutin, Bernard Hepton, Kate Kendall, Michael Cochrane, Carol Boyd, Maddie Head, Brett Usher, John Webb, Adapted by Colin Hayden Evans directed by Walter Acosta	55:22, 12978, M
1925	Hay Fever	Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Patrick Pearson, Alison Reid, Christopher Blake, Geoffrey Palmer, Patricia Brink, Celia Ingram, Patricia Hayes Directed by Leslie Lewisham	47:16, 22158, m 40:06, 18804, m
1956 BBC R4X 15-Mar-2015	Nude With Violin	Aubrey Woods, Joyce Carey, Patricia Routledge, Betty Hunter-Wright, Barbara Mitchell, Wilfrid Carter, Ellen Cuthbertson, Margaret Wolfit, Rufus Frampton, Kerry Francis Adapted by Peggy Welles produced by Glyn Dearman	87:52, 82205, S
1930 BBC 12-Nov-1976	Post Mortem	Christopher Cazenove, Derek Fowlds, William Fox, Joyce Carey, Michael Tudor Barnes, Charles Hodgson, Peter Settelen, Nicolette McKenzie, William Eedle, Leslie Heritage, Jane Knowles, Joan Matheson, Preston Lockwood, James Thomason, Haydn Jones, Irene Sutcliffe Directed by Glyn Dearman	51:44, 24255, m
1939 BBC R4 23-Dec-1974	Present Laughter	Paul Scofield, Joy Parker, Patricia Routledge, Fenella Fielding, Alan Rowe, Vernon Joyner, Miriam Margolyes, Betty Huntley-Wright, Timothy Bateson, Diana Olsson, David Timson Adapted and produced by Ian Cotterell	90:45, 63818, S
06-Apr-2013	Present Laughter	Samuel West, Frances Barber, Freddie Fox, Janie Dee, Kim Wall, Lily James, Susannah Harker, Jonathan Coy, Anthony Calf, Hazel Ellerby, Sarah Badel Director: Celia de Wolff	86:48, 81263, S
1964 BBC R4 12-Feb-1975	Pretty Polly Barlow	Emily Richard, Sion Probert, Vernon Joyner, Kathleen Helme, Elizabeth Morgan, Alan Dudley, Alan Rowe, Hector Ross, Peter Whitman Adapted for radio by John Graham Directed by Ian Cotterell	44:15, 41494, S
15-Sep-1930	Private Lives	Noel Coward, Gertrude Lawrence	clips from Acts 1 & 2 4:46, 2240, M 4:20, 2033, M
BBC WS 01-Jun-1972	Private Lives	Anna Massey, Daniel Massey, Susan Maudsley, John Humphrey adapted by Geoffrey Segal Produced by John Pitman	45:02, 10559, M
20-Dec-1975	Private Lives	Paul Scofield, Patricia Routledge, Miriam Margolyes, John Rye, Carole Boyd Piano music played and improvised by William Davis Adapted by Cynthia Pugh Directed by Ian Cotterell	88.27, 62198, S
BBC WS 17-Jan-1978	Private Lives	Sian Phillips, George Baker, Judy Cornwell, Peter Jeffrey, Paulette Prinee adapted by Barry Campbell Directed by Derek Hoddinott	60:20, 14144, m
1990	Private Lives	Imogen Stubbs, Stephen Frye, Louise Lombard, Simon, Ward, Annabelle Mullion directed by Ned Chaillet	34:22, 64458, S 23:08, 43387, S 24:26, 45840, S
02-Jan-2010	Private Lives	Helena Bonham Carter, Bill Nighy, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Ritter, AnnaRose Cattanach Pianist: Colin Guthrie Directed by Sally Avens	87:12, 81758, S
1936 BBC R4 31-Dec-1998	Red Peppers	Nicholas Grace, Suzie Blake, Josephine Tewson, Clifford Rose, Christopher Scott, Richard Kernough, Malcolm McKee adapted by Malcolm McKee Directed by Sue Wilson	27:37, broadcast as a double bill with Still Life
1951 BBC R4 08-May-1976	Relative Values	Joyce Redman, Bill Fraser, Gwen Cherrell, John Rye, Joanna Wake, John Rowe, Charles Hodgson, Deborah Paige, Garrard Green, Gladys Spencer Produced and directed by John Cardie	87:19, 61404,S
1965 BBC R4 04-Apr-1988	A Song at Twilight	Michael Denison, Jill Bennett, Dulcie Gray, Sean Barrett Directed by David Johnston	86:08, 89762, S
1956 BBC R4 02-Aug-1980	South Sea Bubble	Moira Lister, Michael Denison, Hugh Burden, Margaretta Scott, Bryan Pringle, Tony Osoba, Lockwood West, Grizelda Hervey, Patrick Barr, Nigel Greaves, Michael McStay, Leonard Fenton Directed by David Johnston	86:56, 81513, S
1936 BBC R4 31-Dec-1998	Still Life	Amanda Root, John Duttine, Stephanie Cole, Trevor Peacock, Soony Almond, Brian Parr, Josephine Tewson Music by Malcolm McKee adapted by Malcolm McKee Directed by Sue Wilson	47:10, 44225, S includes credits for Red Peppers
1943 BBC WS 1977	This Happy Breed	Ron Moody, June Whitfield, Bernard Cribbins, Patsy Rowlands, Catherine Parr, Gareth Armstrong, Carol Boyd, Sandra Freeman, Walter Hall, Eva Hatten, Peter Craze adapted by Barry Campbell Directed by Derek Hoddinott	60:43, 14237, M
1943 R4: 02-Sep-1989 R7: 26-Feb-2006	This Happy Breed	John Moffat, Rosemary Leach, Doris Hare, Robert Lang, Anna Cropper, Michael Maloney, Alice Arnold, Julia Swift, Simon Treves, John McAndrew, Elizabeth Mansfield Directed by Glyn Dearman	86:21, 80957, S
1924 BBC R3 18-Nov-1967	The Vortex	Joan Greenwood, Richard Briers, Margaret Robertson, Ralph Lefevre, Anthony Jackson, Alexa Romance, Duncan McIntyre, Marjory Westbury, Betty Harley, Alan Dudley produced by H P Fortile	89:30, 83919, M
1924 BBC R3 02-Jan-2000	The Vortex	Harriet Walter, Paul Rhys, Frances Jeater, Robert Portal, Federay Holmes, John Rye, Jenny Funnell, Peter Blyth, Keith Drinkel, Pamela Grace Pianist was Mike Sykes Directed by John Tydeman	86:48, 81376, S
1924 17-Aug-2008	The Vortex	Elizabeth Sellars, Martin Jarvis, Sarah Lawson, Timothy Dalton, Kate Coleridge, Gerald Cross, Gudrum Muir, Peter Williams, Peter Woodthorpe, Mattie Haig produced by Glyn Dearman	87:28, 82012, S
1960 BBC R4 14-Apr-1990	Waiting in the Wings	Josephine Gordon, Evelyn Laye, Audrey Leybourne, Mary Ellis, Mary Wimbush, Ursula Hirst, Joan Matheson, David Griffin, Jill Balcon, Alan Wheatley, Dinah Sheridan, June Spencer, Alice Arnold, Patricia Hayes, Hannah Gordon, Peter Craze, David Goudge Piano played by Geoffrey Brawn Directed by Graham Gauld	108:37, 50920, m

Individual Songs

Date	Title	Cast	Parameters
	I Wonder What Happened to Him		3:50, 2249, m
	Imagine the Duchess’ Feelings		2:25, 1705, m
	I’ve Been to a Marvelous Party		2:45, 1942, m
	Nina (from Argentina)		3:27, 2434, M

Poetry and Other Writing

Date	Title	Cast	Parameters
24-Aug-2008	Coward, the Poet	Anna Massey, Imogen Stubbs, Alistair McGowan, Charlie Connerly Readings by Alex Jennings Produced by Charlotte Austen	25:12, 23638, S
16-Dec-1996 23-Dec-1996 30-Dec-1996	From His Diaries	edited and introduced by Tony Stabaker read by Simon Cadell produced by Susan Roberts	28:26, 26611, S 29:35, 27690, S 29:48, 27883, S

Documentaries and Collateral Material

Date	Title	Cast	Parameters
31-Dec-1998	A Presence of Laughter: Coward's Century	Christopher Cook, Patricia Hodge, John Standing produced by Ned Chaillet	27:41, 25954, S
27-Aug-1999	Blithe Spirit: a Centenary of the Words and Music of Noel Coward	hosted by Sheridan Morley Simon Williams, Nyree Dawn Porter, Hubert Gregg, June Whitfield, Marian Montgomery and Christopher Lee	116:32, 54626, m