THEATER
Jorge Silva Melo and Artistas Unidos surrender to the elegant writing of Noël Coward, one of the most successful playwrights in the anglo-saxon world during the 1920s and the 1930s.
Private Lives, a play written in only three days, was the author's biggest hit and marked the peak of his career. A classic, sophisticated, comedy that narrates the vicissitudes of marriage and divorce with a cynical eye, apparently detached from any concept of relationship. Indulgence, fantasy and decadence blend together to create the psychological self-image of a modern and elegant couple.
Philip Hoare, one of his biographers, pointed out that "[f]or all his comic brilliance, Coward may have been one of the greatest tragedians of his time". Private Lives, he tells us, is a "dark amusement" that "make[s] us laugh so much we forget to cry."
Private Lives, a play written in only three days, was the author's biggest hit and marked the peak of his career. A classic, sophisticated, comedy that narrates the vicissitudes of marriage and divorce with a cynical eye, apparently detached from any concept of relationship. Indulgence, fantasy and decadence blend together to create the psychological self-image of a modern and elegant couple.
Philip Hoare, one of his biographers, pointed out that "[f]or all his comic brilliance, Coward may have been one of the greatest tragedians of his time". Private Lives, he tells us, is a "dark amusement" that "make[s] us laugh so much we forget to cry."
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Written by Noël Coward Stage direction Jorge Silva Melo Direction assistance Nuno Gonçalo Rodrigues Translation Miguel Esteves CardosoWith Rúben Gomes, Rita Durão, Tiago Matias, Vânia Rodrigues and Isabel Muñoz Cardoso Set design Rita Lopes Alves and José Manuel Reis Costumes Rita Lopes Alves Sound André Pires Lighting Pedro Domingos Production Artistas Unidos Co-production Teatro Nacional São João and Centro Cultural de Belém
© Jorge Gonçalves
© Jorge Gonçalves