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A Choice of Coward

Miniseries

August 10, 1964 (62 years ago)
4 episodes

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

Key Crew

Joan Kemp-Welch

Director

Joan Kemp-Welch

Age 57 (died at 92)

Peter Wildeblood

Writer

Peter Wildeblood

Age 41 (died at 76)

S01E01
S01E01

Present Laughter

1h 10m
August 10, 1964

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.

S01E02
S01E02

Blithe Spirit

1h 13m
August 17, 1964

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.

S01E03
S01E03

The Vortex

1h 11m
August 24, 1964

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

S01E04
S01E04

Design for Living

1h 14m
August 31, 1964

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.