Design for Living
by Noel Coward
Directed by Jonathan Greenman
“I love you. You love me. You love Otto. I love Otto. Otto loves me. There now! Start to unravel from there.”
Noël Coward’s wickedly witty dark romantic comedy portrays three unconventional, stylish characters and their hopelessly inescapable emotional entanglement: Gilda, the interior designer, Leo, the playwright, and Otto, the artist, are three people passionately in love with each other. Set in 1930s Paris, London, and New York, this stylish and scandalous comedy follows their desperate attempt to try and find a conventional path forward – only to discover their own original Design for Living. With his unmistakably biting comic style, Noël Coward explores themes of love, sexuality, celebrity, and success as well as the conflicts of human desire.
Die Aufführung erfolgte durch besondere Vereinbarung bit Concord Theatricals GmbH im Auftrag Von Samuel French Ltd.
Cast:
Gilda:
Clara Kasten
Ernest:
Mark Lyndon
Otto:
Martin John Mills
Leo:
Steven Montero
Grace Torrence:
Valerie Doyle
Henry Carver:
Edward Harkess
Helen Carver:
Mathilde Berry
Behind the Scenes:
The Hamburg Players count themselves lucky to have amongst their midst many talented people – such as great visual artists. Read up on how they re-created some artwork for this production.
Photos: Herwig Lührs, Conrad Lüneburg, Henrik Zawischa