诺埃尔·皮尔斯·科沃德 — 编剧 (28)
私生活 [演出] 豆瓣
Private Lives
类型: theater 编剧: Noël Coward
其它标题: Private Lives / 私人生活 / 私人秘史 / 私密生活 导演: Jonathan Kent / Maria Aitken 演员: Toby Stephens / Anna Chancellor / Anthony Calf / Anna-Louis Plowman / Maggie McCarthy
Elyot and Amanda, having been divorced for 5 years, now find themselves sharing an adjoining suite at a hotel in Deauville, each on honeymoon with their new spouses (Elyot's young and kittenish wife Sybil, Amanda's husband Victor). The chance reunion re-ignites their passion, upon realising that they still love one another, and both regret having divorced, Elyot and Amanda flee to her Paris flat, where the initial bliss is replaced by the inevitable squabbles and violent rows that had lead to the divorce in the first place. It is a love and hate cycle that repeats itself, and a trap Elyot and Amanda cannot get out of - they cannot live without one another, nor can they live together as they are.
The arguments escalate into physical abuse, and at the height of which, Victor and Sybil arrive at the flat. The jilted spouses display their reasonable understandings towards Elyot and Amanda, and a decision is reached that they be given a year in which to consider and confirm their wishes to be together, thence divorces will be granted.
Each defending their respective spouses, Victor and Sybil start to quarrel. It is becoming clear to Amanda and Elyot that the two are just suited to each other as they are themselves. So the ex-husband and wife decide to forgive one another and tiptoe out of view, leaving Victor and Sybil to their now out-of-hand and soon-to-be violent fights.
私生活 2012年Minerva版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 私生活
语言: 英语 english 剧院: Minerva, Chichester 导演: Jonathan Kent
其它标题: 2012年Minerva版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Toby Stephens / Anna Chancellor
Elyot and Amanda, having been divorced for 5 years, now find themselves sharing an adjoining suite at a hotel in Deauville, each on honeymoon with their new spouses (Elyot's young and kittenish wife Sybil, Amanda's husband Victor). The chance reunion re-ignites their passion, upon realising that they still love one another, and both regret having divorced, Elyot and Amanda flee to her Paris flat, where the initial bliss is replaced by the inevitable squabbles and violent rows that had lead to the divorce in the first place. It is a love and hate cycle that repeats itself, and a trap Elyot and Amanda cannot get out of - they cannot live without one another, nor can they live together as they are.
The arguments escalate into physical abuse, and at the height of which, Victor and Sybil arrive at the flat. The jilted spouses display their reasonable understandings towards Elyot and Amanda, and a decision is reached that they be given a year in which to consider and confirm their wishes to be together, thence divorces will be granted.
Each defending their respective spouses, Victor and Sybil start to quarrel. It is becoming clear to Amanda and Elyot that the two are just suited to each other as they are themselves. So the ex-husband and wife decide to forgive one another and tiptoe out of view, leaving Victor and Sybil to their now out-of-hand and soon-to-be violent fights.
私生活 2013 WEST END版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 私生活
语言: 英语 english 剧院: Gielgud Theatre 导演: Jonathan Kent
其它标题: 2013 WEST END版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Toby Stephens / Anna Chancellor
Elyot and Amanda, having been divorced for 5 years, now find themselves sharing an adjoining suite at a hotel in Deauville, each on honeymoon with their new spouses (Elyot's young and kittenish wife Sybil, Amanda's husband Victor). The chance reunion re-ignites their passion, upon realising that they still love one another, and both regret having divorced, Elyot and Amanda flee to her Paris flat, where the initial bliss is replaced by the inevitable squabbles and violent rows that had lead to the divorce in the first place. It is a love and hate cycle that repeats itself, and a trap Elyot and Amanda cannot get out of - they cannot live without one another, nor can they live together as they are.
The arguments escalate into physical abuse, and at the height of which, Victor and Sybil arrive at the flat. The jilted spouses display their reasonable understandings towards Elyot and Amanda, and a decision is reached that they be given a year in which to consider and confirm their wishes to be together, thence divorces will be granted.
Each defending their respective spouses, Victor and Sybil start to quarrel. It is becoming clear to Amanda and Elyot that the two are just suited to each other as they are themselves. So the ex-husband and wife decide to forgive one another and tiptoe out of view, leaving Victor and Sybil to their now out-of-hand and soon-to-be violent fights.
私生活 Shakespeare Theatre Company版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 私生活
剧院: Lansburgh Theatre 导演: Maria Aitken
其它标题: Shakespeare Theatre Company版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: James Waterston / Bianca Amato
Elyot and Amanda, having been divorced for 5 years, now find themselves sharing an adjoining suite at a hotel in Deauville, each on honeymoon with their new spouses (Elyot's young and kittenish wife Sybil, Amanda's husband Victor). The chance reunion re-ignites their passion, upon realising that they still love one another, and both regret having divorced, Elyot and Amanda flee to her Paris flat, where the initial bliss is replaced by the inevitable squabbles and violent rows that had lead to the divorce in the first place. It is a love and hate cycle that repeats itself, and a trap Elyot and Amanda cannot get out of - they cannot live without one another, nor can they live together as they are.
The arguments escalate into physical abuse, and at the height of which, Victor and Sybil arrive at the flat. The jilted spouses display their reasonable understandings towards Elyot and Amanda, and a decision is reached that they be given a year in which to consider and confirm their wishes to be together, thence divorces will be granted.
Each defending their respective spouses, Victor and Sybil start to quarrel. It is becoming clear to Amanda and Elyot that the two are just suited to each other as they are themselves. So the ex-husband and wife decide to forgive one another and tiptoe out of view, leaving Victor and Sybil to their now out-of-hand and soon-to-be violent fights.
私生活 版本4 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 私生活
语言: 英语 english 剧院: RICHARD RODGERS THEATRE 226 W. 46TH ST. 导演: Howard Davies
其它标题: 版本4 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Alan Rickman / Lindsay Duncan
Elyot and Amanda, having been divorced for 5 years, now find themselves sharing an adjoining suite at a hotel in Deauville, each on honeymoon with their new spouses (Elyot's young and kittenish wife Sybil, Amanda's husband Victor). The chance reunion re-ignites their passion, upon realising that they still love one another, and both regret having divorced, Elyot and Amanda flee to her Paris flat, where the initial bliss is replaced by the inevitable squabbles and violent rows that had lead to the divorce in the first place. It is a love and hate cycle that repeats itself, and a trap Elyot and Amanda cannot get out of - they cannot live without one another, nor can they live together as they are.
The arguments escalate into physical abuse, and at the height of which, Victor and Sybil arrive at the flat. The jilted spouses display their reasonable understandings towards Elyot and Amanda, and a decision is reached that they be given a year in which to consider and confirm their wishes to be together, thence divorces will be granted.
Each defending their respective spouses, Victor and Sybil start to quarrel. It is becoming clear to Amanda and Elyot that the two are just suited to each other as they are themselves. So the ex-husband and wife decide to forgive one another and tiptoe out of view, leaving Victor and Sybil to their now out-of-hand and soon-to-be violent fights.
乐在当下 [演出] 豆瓣
Present Laughter
8.4 (5 个评分) 类型: theater 编剧: Noël Coward
其它标题: Present Laughter 导演: 未知 / George C. Scott 演员: Clifton Webb / Noël Coward / Eva Gabor / George C. Scott / Kate Burton
曾经两度获得托尼奖的凯文•克莱恩(Kevin Kline)十余年后重返百老汇舞台,挑战的正是英国传奇剧作家诺埃尔•考沃德(Noël Coward)爵士的经典喜剧《乐在当下》(Present Laughter)!
这部被视为考沃德半自传式的作品,讲述了一个陷入中年危机的自恋演员盖瑞•艾森戴(Garry Essendine)在开始一段非洲之旅前,不得不试图甩掉一个疯狂的剧作家、一些想要引诱他的女人和长期伴随他左右的秘书和伴侣。考沃德在1942年的首演版和1958年的百老汇复排版中都亲自上阵,身兼导演和主演。作为一个经典角色,此后有彼得•奥图尔爵士、伊恩•麦克莱恩爵士等戏骨演员先后出演,在纽约、伦敦及世界各地常演不衰。
此次百老汇复排由托尼奖提名导演Moritz von Stuelpnagel执导,在百老汇圣詹姆斯剧院连续演出101场,凭借《万尼亚和索尼亚和马莎和斯派克》(Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)获得托尼奖提名的克莉丝汀•尼森(Kristine Niesen)、以及主演过《老爸老妈浪漫史》、《复仇者联盟》的寇碧•史莫德斯(Cobie Smulders)纷纷加盟,而暌违百老汇十年之久的克莱恩也不负这个伟大角色,凭此摘得个人第三座托尼奖杯,《纽约邮报》称赞克莱恩的表现“臻于完美”,《纽约时报》惊呼“它应该获得托尼奖最佳复排话剧”,Time Out纽约版也称赞本戏是 “对诺埃尔•考沃德的作品一次绝对精彩的复排。”
All three acts of the play are set in Garry Essendine's London flat.
Act I
Daphne Stillington, a young admirer of the actor Garry Essendine, has inveigled herself into the flat and has spent the night there. Garry is still asleep, and while waiting for him to wake, Daphne encounters in turn three employees of Garry, housekeeper (Miss Erikson), valet (Fred), and secretary (Monica). None of them displays any surprise at her presence. Garry finally wakes and with practised smoothness ushers Daphne out.
Liz Essendine, who left Garry years ago, nevertheless remains part of his tightly-knit 'family' along with Monica and his manager, Morris Dixon, and producer, Henry Lyppiatt. Liz tells Garry that she suspects that Morris is having an affair with Henry's glamorous wife Joanna, and is concerned that this might break up the family. Their discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Roland Maule, an aspiring young playwright from Uckfield, whose play Garry has rashly agreed to critique. Liz leaves, and Roland rapidly becomes obsessively fascinated by Garry, who gets him off the premises as quickly as he can.
Morris and Henry arrive and discuss theatrical business with Garry. Henry leaves for a business trip abroad, and Garry privately interrogates Morris, who denies that he is having an affair with Joanna. Garry telephones Liz to reassure her.
Act II
Scene 1, midnight, three days later.
Garry, alone in the flat, answers the doorbell to find Joanna. She claims (like Daphne in Act I) to have forgotten her own doorkey and asks Garry to accommodate her in his spare room. He correctly suspects her motives, but after much skirmishing allows himself to be seduced.
Scene 2, the next morning.
Joanna emerges from the spare room wearing Garry's pyjamas just as Daphne did in Act I. She too encounters Miss Erikson, Fred, and then Monica, who is horrified at her presence in such compromising circumstances. Liz arrives and puts pressure on Joanna by threatening to tell Morris that Joanna has spent the night with Garry. Joanna retreats to the spare room when the doorbell rings, but the caller is not Morris but Roland Maule, who says he has an appointment with Garry. Monica leads him to an adjacent room to wait for Garry.
Frantic comings and goings follow, with the flustered arrivals and departures of Morris and Henry, Roland's pursuit of Garry, and the arrival of a Lady Saltburn, whose niece Garry has promised an audition. The niece turns out to be Daphne Stillington, who recites the same Shelley poem with which he bade her farewell in Act I. Joanna flounces out from the spare room, Daphne faints with horror, Roland is entranced, and Garry is apoplectic.
Act III
A week later, on the eve of Garry's departure on tour in Africa, he is once more alone in the flat. The doorbell rings and Daphne enters saying she has a ticket to sail with him to Africa. The doorbell rings again, and Daphne retreats to an adjoining room. The new caller is Roland, who announces that he too has a ticket for the voyage to Africa. Garry tries to get him to leave, but as the doorbell rings a third time Roland bolts into the spare room and locks the door. The third caller is Joanna, who has also bought a ticket for the Africa voyage and has written a letter to Henry and Morris telling them everything. Liz arrives and saves the tottering situation, announcing that she too is travelling to Africa.
Henry and Morris arrive and berate Garry for his night with Joanna. Garry fights back by revealing the details of Morris and Joanna's affair, and Henry's extramarital adventures. Joanna angrily slaps Garry's face and leaves for good. Her departure goes unnoticed because Garry, Henry and Morris have become embroiled in what for them is a much more serious row when it emerges that Henry and Morris have committed Garry to appear at what he considers a shockingly unsuitable theatre. Garry objects: "I will not play a light French comedy to an auditorium that looks like a Gothic edition of Wembley Stadium."When that row has blown itself out, it is business as usual and Henry and Morris leave in good humour.
Liz pours Garry a brandy and tells him she is not only going to Africa with him but is coming back to him for good. Garry suddenly remembers Daphne and Roland lurking in the adjoining rooms and tells Liz: "You're not coming back to me... I'm coming back to you", and they tiptoe out.
乐在当下 1946年版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 乐在当下
剧院: Plymouth Theatre 导演: 未知
其它标题: 1946年版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Clifton Webb
曾经两度获得托尼奖的凯文•克莱恩(Kevin Kline)十余年后重返百老汇舞台,挑战的正是英国传奇剧作家诺埃尔•考沃德(Noël Coward)爵士的经典喜剧《乐在当下》(Present Laughter)!
这部被视为考沃德半自传式的作品,讲述了一个陷入中年危机的自恋演员盖瑞•艾森戴(Garry Essendine)在开始一段非洲之旅前,不得不试图甩掉一个疯狂的剧作家、一些想要引诱他的女人和长期伴随他左右的秘书和伴侣。考沃德在1942年的首演版和1958年的百老汇复排版中都亲自上阵,身兼导演和主演。作为一个经典角色,此后有彼得•奥图尔爵士、伊恩•麦克莱恩爵士等戏骨演员先后出演,在纽约、伦敦及世界各地常演不衰。
此次百老汇复排由托尼奖提名导演Moritz von Stuelpnagel执导,在百老汇圣詹姆斯剧院连续演出101场,凭借《万尼亚和索尼亚和马莎和斯派克》(Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)获得托尼奖提名的克莉丝汀•尼森(Kristine Niesen)、以及主演过《老爸老妈浪漫史》、《复仇者联盟》的寇碧•史莫德斯(Cobie Smulders)纷纷加盟,而暌违百老汇十年之久的克莱恩也不负这个伟大角色,凭此摘得个人第三座托尼奖杯,《纽约邮报》称赞克莱恩的表现“臻于完美”,《纽约时报》惊呼“它应该获得托尼奖最佳复排话剧”,Time Out纽约版也称赞本戏是 “对诺埃尔•考沃德的作品一次绝对精彩的复排。”
All three acts of the play are set in Garry Essendine's London flat.
Act I
Daphne Stillington, a young admirer of the actor Garry Essendine, has inveigled herself into the flat and has spent the night there. Garry is still asleep, and while waiting for him to wake, Daphne encounters in turn three employees of Garry, housekeeper (Miss Erikson), valet (Fred), and secretary (Monica). None of them displays any surprise at her presence. Garry finally wakes and with practised smoothness ushers Daphne out.
Liz Essendine, who left Garry years ago, nevertheless remains part of his tightly-knit 'family' along with Monica and his manager, Morris Dixon, and producer, Henry Lyppiatt. Liz tells Garry that she suspects that Morris is having an affair with Henry's glamorous wife Joanna, and is concerned that this might break up the family. Their discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Roland Maule, an aspiring young playwright from Uckfield, whose play Garry has rashly agreed to critique. Liz leaves, and Roland rapidly becomes obsessively fascinated by Garry, who gets him off the premises as quickly as he can.
Morris and Henry arrive and discuss theatrical business with Garry. Henry leaves for a business trip abroad, and Garry privately interrogates Morris, who denies that he is having an affair with Joanna. Garry telephones Liz to reassure her.
Act II
Scene 1, midnight, three days later.
Garry, alone in the flat, answers the doorbell to find Joanna. She claims (like Daphne in Act I) to have forgotten her own doorkey and asks Garry to accommodate her in his spare room. He correctly suspects her motives, but after much skirmishing allows himself to be seduced.
Scene 2, the next morning.
Joanna emerges from the spare room wearing Garry's pyjamas just as Daphne did in Act I. She too encounters Miss Erikson, Fred, and then Monica, who is horrified at her presence in such compromising circumstances. Liz arrives and puts pressure on Joanna by threatening to tell Morris that Joanna has spent the night with Garry. Joanna retreats to the spare room when the doorbell rings, but the caller is not Morris but Roland Maule, who says he has an appointment with Garry. Monica leads him to an adjacent room to wait for Garry.
Frantic comings and goings follow, with the flustered arrivals and departures of Morris and Henry, Roland's pursuit of Garry, and the arrival of a Lady Saltburn, whose niece Garry has promised an audition. The niece turns out to be Daphne Stillington, who recites the same Shelley poem with which he bade her farewell in Act I. Joanna flounces out from the spare room, Daphne faints with horror, Roland is entranced, and Garry is apoplectic.
Act III
A week later, on the eve of Garry's departure on tour in Africa, he is once more alone in the flat. The doorbell rings and Daphne enters saying she has a ticket to sail with him to Africa. The doorbell rings again, and Daphne retreats to an adjoining room. The new caller is Roland, who announces that he too has a ticket for the voyage to Africa. Garry tries to get him to leave, but as the doorbell rings a third time Roland bolts into the spare room and locks the door. The third caller is Joanna, who has also bought a ticket for the Africa voyage and has written a letter to Henry and Morris telling them everything. Liz arrives and saves the tottering situation, announcing that she too is travelling to Africa.
Henry and Morris arrive and berate Garry for his night with Joanna. Garry fights back by revealing the details of Morris and Joanna's affair, and Henry's extramarital adventures. Joanna angrily slaps Garry's face and leaves for good. Her departure goes unnoticed because Garry, Henry and Morris have become embroiled in what for them is a much more serious row when it emerges that Henry and Morris have committed Garry to appear at what he considers a shockingly unsuitable theatre. Garry objects: "I will not play a light French comedy to an auditorium that looks like a Gothic edition of Wembley Stadium."When that row has blown itself out, it is business as usual and Henry and Morris leave in good humour.
Liz pours Garry a brandy and tells him she is not only going to Africa with him but is coming back to him for good. Garry suddenly remembers Daphne and Roland lurking in the adjoining rooms and tells Liz: "You're not coming back to me... I'm coming back to you", and they tiptoe out.
乐在当下 1958年版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 乐在当下
剧院: Belasco Theatre 导演: 未知
其它标题: 1958年版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Noël Coward / Eva Gabor
曾经两度获得托尼奖的凯文•克莱恩(Kevin Kline)十余年后重返百老汇舞台,挑战的正是英国传奇剧作家诺埃尔•考沃德(Noël Coward)爵士的经典喜剧《乐在当下》(Present Laughter)!
这部被视为考沃德半自传式的作品,讲述了一个陷入中年危机的自恋演员盖瑞•艾森戴(Garry Essendine)在开始一段非洲之旅前,不得不试图甩掉一个疯狂的剧作家、一些想要引诱他的女人和长期伴随他左右的秘书和伴侣。考沃德在1942年的首演版和1958年的百老汇复排版中都亲自上阵,身兼导演和主演。作为一个经典角色,此后有彼得•奥图尔爵士、伊恩•麦克莱恩爵士等戏骨演员先后出演,在纽约、伦敦及世界各地常演不衰。
此次百老汇复排由托尼奖提名导演Moritz von Stuelpnagel执导,在百老汇圣詹姆斯剧院连续演出101场,凭借《万尼亚和索尼亚和马莎和斯派克》(Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)获得托尼奖提名的克莉丝汀•尼森(Kristine Niesen)、以及主演过《老爸老妈浪漫史》、《复仇者联盟》的寇碧•史莫德斯(Cobie Smulders)纷纷加盟,而暌违百老汇十年之久的克莱恩也不负这个伟大角色,凭此摘得个人第三座托尼奖杯,《纽约邮报》称赞克莱恩的表现“臻于完美”,《纽约时报》惊呼“它应该获得托尼奖最佳复排话剧”,Time Out纽约版也称赞本戏是 “对诺埃尔•考沃德的作品一次绝对精彩的复排。”
All three acts of the play are set in Garry Essendine's London flat.
Act I
Daphne Stillington, a young admirer of the actor Garry Essendine, has inveigled herself into the flat and has spent the night there. Garry is still asleep, and while waiting for him to wake, Daphne encounters in turn three employees of Garry, housekeeper (Miss Erikson), valet (Fred), and secretary (Monica). None of them displays any surprise at her presence. Garry finally wakes and with practised smoothness ushers Daphne out.
Liz Essendine, who left Garry years ago, nevertheless remains part of his tightly-knit 'family' along with Monica and his manager, Morris Dixon, and producer, Henry Lyppiatt. Liz tells Garry that she suspects that Morris is having an affair with Henry's glamorous wife Joanna, and is concerned that this might break up the family. Their discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Roland Maule, an aspiring young playwright from Uckfield, whose play Garry has rashly agreed to critique. Liz leaves, and Roland rapidly becomes obsessively fascinated by Garry, who gets him off the premises as quickly as he can.
Morris and Henry arrive and discuss theatrical business with Garry. Henry leaves for a business trip abroad, and Garry privately interrogates Morris, who denies that he is having an affair with Joanna. Garry telephones Liz to reassure her.
Act II
Scene 1, midnight, three days later.
Garry, alone in the flat, answers the doorbell to find Joanna. She claims (like Daphne in Act I) to have forgotten her own doorkey and asks Garry to accommodate her in his spare room. He correctly suspects her motives, but after much skirmishing allows himself to be seduced.
Scene 2, the next morning.
Joanna emerges from the spare room wearing Garry's pyjamas just as Daphne did in Act I. She too encounters Miss Erikson, Fred, and then Monica, who is horrified at her presence in such compromising circumstances. Liz arrives and puts pressure on Joanna by threatening to tell Morris that Joanna has spent the night with Garry. Joanna retreats to the spare room when the doorbell rings, but the caller is not Morris but Roland Maule, who says he has an appointment with Garry. Monica leads him to an adjacent room to wait for Garry.
Frantic comings and goings follow, with the flustered arrivals and departures of Morris and Henry, Roland's pursuit of Garry, and the arrival of a Lady Saltburn, whose niece Garry has promised an audition. The niece turns out to be Daphne Stillington, who recites the same Shelley poem with which he bade her farewell in Act I. Joanna flounces out from the spare room, Daphne faints with horror, Roland is entranced, and Garry is apoplectic.
Act III
A week later, on the eve of Garry's departure on tour in Africa, he is once more alone in the flat. The doorbell rings and Daphne enters saying she has a ticket to sail with him to Africa. The doorbell rings again, and Daphne retreats to an adjoining room. The new caller is Roland, who announces that he too has a ticket for the voyage to Africa. Garry tries to get him to leave, but as the doorbell rings a third time Roland bolts into the spare room and locks the door. The third caller is Joanna, who has also bought a ticket for the Africa voyage and has written a letter to Henry and Morris telling them everything. Liz arrives and saves the tottering situation, announcing that she too is travelling to Africa.
Henry and Morris arrive and berate Garry for his night with Joanna. Garry fights back by revealing the details of Morris and Joanna's affair, and Henry's extramarital adventures. Joanna angrily slaps Garry's face and leaves for good. Her departure goes unnoticed because Garry, Henry and Morris have become embroiled in what for them is a much more serious row when it emerges that Henry and Morris have committed Garry to appear at what he considers a shockingly unsuitable theatre. Garry objects: "I will not play a light French comedy to an auditorium that looks like a Gothic edition of Wembley Stadium."When that row has blown itself out, it is business as usual and Henry and Morris leave in good humour.
Liz pours Garry a brandy and tells him she is not only going to Africa with him but is coming back to him for good. Garry suddenly remembers Daphne and Roland lurking in the adjoining rooms and tells Liz: "You're not coming back to me... I'm coming back to you", and they tiptoe out.
乐在当下 1982年版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 乐在当下
剧院: Circle in the Square Theatre 导演: George C. Scott
其它标题: 1982年版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: George C. Scott / Kate Burton
曾经两度获得托尼奖的凯文•克莱恩(Kevin Kline)十余年后重返百老汇舞台,挑战的正是英国传奇剧作家诺埃尔•考沃德(Noël Coward)爵士的经典喜剧《乐在当下》(Present Laughter)!
这部被视为考沃德半自传式的作品,讲述了一个陷入中年危机的自恋演员盖瑞•艾森戴(Garry Essendine)在开始一段非洲之旅前,不得不试图甩掉一个疯狂的剧作家、一些想要引诱他的女人和长期伴随他左右的秘书和伴侣。考沃德在1942年的首演版和1958年的百老汇复排版中都亲自上阵,身兼导演和主演。作为一个经典角色,此后有彼得•奥图尔爵士、伊恩•麦克莱恩爵士等戏骨演员先后出演,在纽约、伦敦及世界各地常演不衰。
此次百老汇复排由托尼奖提名导演Moritz von Stuelpnagel执导,在百老汇圣詹姆斯剧院连续演出101场,凭借《万尼亚和索尼亚和马莎和斯派克》(Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)获得托尼奖提名的克莉丝汀•尼森(Kristine Niesen)、以及主演过《老爸老妈浪漫史》、《复仇者联盟》的寇碧•史莫德斯(Cobie Smulders)纷纷加盟,而暌违百老汇十年之久的克莱恩也不负这个伟大角色,凭此摘得个人第三座托尼奖杯,《纽约邮报》称赞克莱恩的表现“臻于完美”,《纽约时报》惊呼“它应该获得托尼奖最佳复排话剧”,Time Out纽约版也称赞本戏是 “对诺埃尔•考沃德的作品一次绝对精彩的复排。”
All three acts of the play are set in Garry Essendine's London flat.
Act I
Daphne Stillington, a young admirer of the actor Garry Essendine, has inveigled herself into the flat and has spent the night there. Garry is still asleep, and while waiting for him to wake, Daphne encounters in turn three employees of Garry, housekeeper (Miss Erikson), valet (Fred), and secretary (Monica). None of them displays any surprise at her presence. Garry finally wakes and with practised smoothness ushers Daphne out.
Liz Essendine, who left Garry years ago, nevertheless remains part of his tightly-knit 'family' along with Monica and his manager, Morris Dixon, and producer, Henry Lyppiatt. Liz tells Garry that she suspects that Morris is having an affair with Henry's glamorous wife Joanna, and is concerned that this might break up the family. Their discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Roland Maule, an aspiring young playwright from Uckfield, whose play Garry has rashly agreed to critique. Liz leaves, and Roland rapidly becomes obsessively fascinated by Garry, who gets him off the premises as quickly as he can.
Morris and Henry arrive and discuss theatrical business with Garry. Henry leaves for a business trip abroad, and Garry privately interrogates Morris, who denies that he is having an affair with Joanna. Garry telephones Liz to reassure her.
Act II
Scene 1, midnight, three days later.
Garry, alone in the flat, answers the doorbell to find Joanna. She claims (like Daphne in Act I) to have forgotten her own doorkey and asks Garry to accommodate her in his spare room. He correctly suspects her motives, but after much skirmishing allows himself to be seduced.
Scene 2, the next morning.
Joanna emerges from the spare room wearing Garry's pyjamas just as Daphne did in Act I. She too encounters Miss Erikson, Fred, and then Monica, who is horrified at her presence in such compromising circumstances. Liz arrives and puts pressure on Joanna by threatening to tell Morris that Joanna has spent the night with Garry. Joanna retreats to the spare room when the doorbell rings, but the caller is not Morris but Roland Maule, who says he has an appointment with Garry. Monica leads him to an adjacent room to wait for Garry.
Frantic comings and goings follow, with the flustered arrivals and departures of Morris and Henry, Roland's pursuit of Garry, and the arrival of a Lady Saltburn, whose niece Garry has promised an audition. The niece turns out to be Daphne Stillington, who recites the same Shelley poem with which he bade her farewell in Act I. Joanna flounces out from the spare room, Daphne faints with horror, Roland is entranced, and Garry is apoplectic.
Act III
A week later, on the eve of Garry's departure on tour in Africa, he is once more alone in the flat. The doorbell rings and Daphne enters saying she has a ticket to sail with him to Africa. The doorbell rings again, and Daphne retreats to an adjoining room. The new caller is Roland, who announces that he too has a ticket for the voyage to Africa. Garry tries to get him to leave, but as the doorbell rings a third time Roland bolts into the spare room and locks the door. The third caller is Joanna, who has also bought a ticket for the Africa voyage and has written a letter to Henry and Morris telling them everything. Liz arrives and saves the tottering situation, announcing that she too is travelling to Africa.
Henry and Morris arrive and berate Garry for his night with Joanna. Garry fights back by revealing the details of Morris and Joanna's affair, and Henry's extramarital adventures. Joanna angrily slaps Garry's face and leaves for good. Her departure goes unnoticed because Garry, Henry and Morris have become embroiled in what for them is a much more serious row when it emerges that Henry and Morris have committed Garry to appear at what he considers a shockingly unsuitable theatre. Garry objects: "I will not play a light French comedy to an auditorium that looks like a Gothic edition of Wembley Stadium."When that row has blown itself out, it is business as usual and Henry and Morris leave in good humour.
Liz pours Garry a brandy and tells him she is not only going to Africa with him but is coming back to him for good. Garry suddenly remembers Daphne and Roland lurking in the adjoining rooms and tells Liz: "You're not coming back to me... I'm coming back to you", and they tiptoe out.
乐在当下 1996年版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 乐在当下
剧院: Walter Kerr Theatre 导演: Scott Elliott
其它标题: 1996年版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Frank Langella / David Cale
曾经两度获得托尼奖的凯文•克莱恩(Kevin Kline)十余年后重返百老汇舞台,挑战的正是英国传奇剧作家诺埃尔•考沃德(Noël Coward)爵士的经典喜剧《乐在当下》(Present Laughter)!
这部被视为考沃德半自传式的作品,讲述了一个陷入中年危机的自恋演员盖瑞•艾森戴(Garry Essendine)在开始一段非洲之旅前,不得不试图甩掉一个疯狂的剧作家、一些想要引诱他的女人和长期伴随他左右的秘书和伴侣。考沃德在1942年的首演版和1958年的百老汇复排版中都亲自上阵,身兼导演和主演。作为一个经典角色,此后有彼得•奥图尔爵士、伊恩•麦克莱恩爵士等戏骨演员先后出演,在纽约、伦敦及世界各地常演不衰。
此次百老汇复排由托尼奖提名导演Moritz von Stuelpnagel执导,在百老汇圣詹姆斯剧院连续演出101场,凭借《万尼亚和索尼亚和马莎和斯派克》(Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)获得托尼奖提名的克莉丝汀•尼森(Kristine Niesen)、以及主演过《老爸老妈浪漫史》、《复仇者联盟》的寇碧•史莫德斯(Cobie Smulders)纷纷加盟,而暌违百老汇十年之久的克莱恩也不负这个伟大角色,凭此摘得个人第三座托尼奖杯,《纽约邮报》称赞克莱恩的表现“臻于完美”,《纽约时报》惊呼“它应该获得托尼奖最佳复排话剧”,Time Out纽约版也称赞本戏是 “对诺埃尔•考沃德的作品一次绝对精彩的复排。”
All three acts of the play are set in Garry Essendine's London flat.
Act I
Daphne Stillington, a young admirer of the actor Garry Essendine, has inveigled herself into the flat and has spent the night there. Garry is still asleep, and while waiting for him to wake, Daphne encounters in turn three employees of Garry, housekeeper (Miss Erikson), valet (Fred), and secretary (Monica). None of them displays any surprise at her presence. Garry finally wakes and with practised smoothness ushers Daphne out.
Liz Essendine, who left Garry years ago, nevertheless remains part of his tightly-knit 'family' along with Monica and his manager, Morris Dixon, and producer, Henry Lyppiatt. Liz tells Garry that she suspects that Morris is having an affair with Henry's glamorous wife Joanna, and is concerned that this might break up the family. Their discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Roland Maule, an aspiring young playwright from Uckfield, whose play Garry has rashly agreed to critique. Liz leaves, and Roland rapidly becomes obsessively fascinated by Garry, who gets him off the premises as quickly as he can.
Morris and Henry arrive and discuss theatrical business with Garry. Henry leaves for a business trip abroad, and Garry privately interrogates Morris, who denies that he is having an affair with Joanna. Garry telephones Liz to reassure her.
Act II
Scene 1, midnight, three days later.
Garry, alone in the flat, answers the doorbell to find Joanna. She claims (like Daphne in Act I) to have forgotten her own doorkey and asks Garry to accommodate her in his spare room. He correctly suspects her motives, but after much skirmishing allows himself to be seduced.
Scene 2, the next morning.
Joanna emerges from the spare room wearing Garry's pyjamas just as Daphne did in Act I. She too encounters Miss Erikson, Fred, and then Monica, who is horrified at her presence in such compromising circumstances. Liz arrives and puts pressure on Joanna by threatening to tell Morris that Joanna has spent the night with Garry. Joanna retreats to the spare room when the doorbell rings, but the caller is not Morris but Roland Maule, who says he has an appointment with Garry. Monica leads him to an adjacent room to wait for Garry.
Frantic comings and goings follow, with the flustered arrivals and departures of Morris and Henry, Roland's pursuit of Garry, and the arrival of a Lady Saltburn, whose niece Garry has promised an audition. The niece turns out to be Daphne Stillington, who recites the same Shelley poem with which he bade her farewell in Act I. Joanna flounces out from the spare room, Daphne faints with horror, Roland is entranced, and Garry is apoplectic.
Act III
A week later, on the eve of Garry's departure on tour in Africa, he is once more alone in the flat. The doorbell rings and Daphne enters saying she has a ticket to sail with him to Africa. The doorbell rings again, and Daphne retreats to an adjoining room. The new caller is Roland, who announces that he too has a ticket for the voyage to Africa. Garry tries to get him to leave, but as the doorbell rings a third time Roland bolts into the spare room and locks the door. The third caller is Joanna, who has also bought a ticket for the Africa voyage and has written a letter to Henry and Morris telling them everything. Liz arrives and saves the tottering situation, announcing that she too is travelling to Africa.
Henry and Morris arrive and berate Garry for his night with Joanna. Garry fights back by revealing the details of Morris and Joanna's affair, and Henry's extramarital adventures. Joanna angrily slaps Garry's face and leaves for good. Her departure goes unnoticed because Garry, Henry and Morris have become embroiled in what for them is a much more serious row when it emerges that Henry and Morris have committed Garry to appear at what he considers a shockingly unsuitable theatre. Garry objects: "I will not play a light French comedy to an auditorium that looks like a Gothic edition of Wembley Stadium."When that row has blown itself out, it is business as usual and Henry and Morris leave in good humour.
Liz pours Garry a brandy and tells him she is not only going to Africa with him but is coming back to him for good. Garry suddenly remembers Daphne and Roland lurking in the adjoining rooms and tells Liz: "You're not coming back to me... I'm coming back to you", and they tiptoe out.
乐在当下 2010年版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 乐在当下
剧院: American Airlines Theatre 导演: Nicholas Martin
其它标题: 2010年版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Victor Garber / Harriet Harris
曾经两度获得托尼奖的凯文•克莱恩(Kevin Kline)十余年后重返百老汇舞台,挑战的正是英国传奇剧作家诺埃尔•考沃德(Noël Coward)爵士的经典喜剧《乐在当下》(Present Laughter)!
这部被视为考沃德半自传式的作品,讲述了一个陷入中年危机的自恋演员盖瑞•艾森戴(Garry Essendine)在开始一段非洲之旅前,不得不试图甩掉一个疯狂的剧作家、一些想要引诱他的女人和长期伴随他左右的秘书和伴侣。考沃德在1942年的首演版和1958年的百老汇复排版中都亲自上阵,身兼导演和主演。作为一个经典角色,此后有彼得•奥图尔爵士、伊恩•麦克莱恩爵士等戏骨演员先后出演,在纽约、伦敦及世界各地常演不衰。
此次百老汇复排由托尼奖提名导演Moritz von Stuelpnagel执导,在百老汇圣詹姆斯剧院连续演出101场,凭借《万尼亚和索尼亚和马莎和斯派克》(Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)获得托尼奖提名的克莉丝汀•尼森(Kristine Niesen)、以及主演过《老爸老妈浪漫史》、《复仇者联盟》的寇碧•史莫德斯(Cobie Smulders)纷纷加盟,而暌违百老汇十年之久的克莱恩也不负这个伟大角色,凭此摘得个人第三座托尼奖杯,《纽约邮报》称赞克莱恩的表现“臻于完美”,《纽约时报》惊呼“它应该获得托尼奖最佳复排话剧”,Time Out纽约版也称赞本戏是 “对诺埃尔•考沃德的作品一次绝对精彩的复排。”
All three acts of the play are set in Garry Essendine's London flat.
Act I
Daphne Stillington, a young admirer of the actor Garry Essendine, has inveigled herself into the flat and has spent the night there. Garry is still asleep, and while waiting for him to wake, Daphne encounters in turn three employees of Garry, housekeeper (Miss Erikson), valet (Fred), and secretary (Monica). None of them displays any surprise at her presence. Garry finally wakes and with practised smoothness ushers Daphne out.
Liz Essendine, who left Garry years ago, nevertheless remains part of his tightly-knit 'family' along with Monica and his manager, Morris Dixon, and producer, Henry Lyppiatt. Liz tells Garry that she suspects that Morris is having an affair with Henry's glamorous wife Joanna, and is concerned that this might break up the family. Their discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Roland Maule, an aspiring young playwright from Uckfield, whose play Garry has rashly agreed to critique. Liz leaves, and Roland rapidly becomes obsessively fascinated by Garry, who gets him off the premises as quickly as he can.
Morris and Henry arrive and discuss theatrical business with Garry. Henry leaves for a business trip abroad, and Garry privately interrogates Morris, who denies that he is having an affair with Joanna. Garry telephones Liz to reassure her.
Act II
Scene 1, midnight, three days later.
Garry, alone in the flat, answers the doorbell to find Joanna. She claims (like Daphne in Act I) to have forgotten her own doorkey and asks Garry to accommodate her in his spare room. He correctly suspects her motives, but after much skirmishing allows himself to be seduced.
Scene 2, the next morning.
Joanna emerges from the spare room wearing Garry's pyjamas just as Daphne did in Act I. She too encounters Miss Erikson, Fred, and then Monica, who is horrified at her presence in such compromising circumstances. Liz arrives and puts pressure on Joanna by threatening to tell Morris that Joanna has spent the night with Garry. Joanna retreats to the spare room when the doorbell rings, but the caller is not Morris but Roland Maule, who says he has an appointment with Garry. Monica leads him to an adjacent room to wait for Garry.
Frantic comings and goings follow, with the flustered arrivals and departures of Morris and Henry, Roland's pursuit of Garry, and the arrival of a Lady Saltburn, whose niece Garry has promised an audition. The niece turns out to be Daphne Stillington, who recites the same Shelley poem with which he bade her farewell in Act I. Joanna flounces out from the spare room, Daphne faints with horror, Roland is entranced, and Garry is apoplectic.
Act III
A week later, on the eve of Garry's departure on tour in Africa, he is once more alone in the flat. The doorbell rings and Daphne enters saying she has a ticket to sail with him to Africa. The doorbell rings again, and Daphne retreats to an adjoining room. The new caller is Roland, who announces that he too has a ticket for the voyage to Africa. Garry tries to get him to leave, but as the doorbell rings a third time Roland bolts into the spare room and locks the door. The third caller is Joanna, who has also bought a ticket for the Africa voyage and has written a letter to Henry and Morris telling them everything. Liz arrives and saves the tottering situation, announcing that she too is travelling to Africa.
Henry and Morris arrive and berate Garry for his night with Joanna. Garry fights back by revealing the details of Morris and Joanna's affair, and Henry's extramarital adventures. Joanna angrily slaps Garry's face and leaves for good. Her departure goes unnoticed because Garry, Henry and Morris have become embroiled in what for them is a much more serious row when it emerges that Henry and Morris have committed Garry to appear at what he considers a shockingly unsuitable theatre. Garry objects: "I will not play a light French comedy to an auditorium that looks like a Gothic edition of Wembley Stadium."When that row has blown itself out, it is business as usual and Henry and Morris leave in good humour.
Liz pours Garry a brandy and tells him she is not only going to Africa with him but is coming back to him for good. Garry suddenly remembers Daphne and Roland lurking in the adjoining rooms and tells Liz: "You're not coming back to me... I'm coming back to you", and they tiptoe out.
乐在当下 2017年版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 乐在当下
剧院: ST. JAMES THEATRE 导演: MORITZ VON STUELPNAGEL
其它标题: 2017年版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Kevin Kline / KATE BURTON
曾经两度获得托尼奖的凯文•克莱恩(Kevin Kline)十余年后重返百老汇舞台,挑战的正是英国传奇剧作家诺埃尔•考沃德(Noël Coward)爵士的经典喜剧《乐在当下》(Present Laughter)!
这部被视为考沃德半自传式的作品,讲述了一个陷入中年危机的自恋演员盖瑞•艾森戴(Garry Essendine)在开始一段非洲之旅前,不得不试图甩掉一个疯狂的剧作家、一些想要引诱他的女人和长期伴随他左右的秘书和伴侣。考沃德在1942年的首演版和1958年的百老汇复排版中都亲自上阵,身兼导演和主演。作为一个经典角色,此后有彼得•奥图尔爵士、伊恩•麦克莱恩爵士等戏骨演员先后出演,在纽约、伦敦及世界各地常演不衰。
此次百老汇复排由托尼奖提名导演Moritz von Stuelpnagel执导,在百老汇圣詹姆斯剧院连续演出101场,凭借《万尼亚和索尼亚和马莎和斯派克》(Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)获得托尼奖提名的克莉丝汀•尼森(Kristine Niesen)、以及主演过《老爸老妈浪漫史》、《复仇者联盟》的寇碧•史莫德斯(Cobie Smulders)纷纷加盟,而暌违百老汇十年之久的克莱恩也不负这个伟大角色,凭此摘得个人第三座托尼奖杯,《纽约邮报》称赞克莱恩的表现“臻于完美”,《纽约时报》惊呼“它应该获得托尼奖最佳复排话剧”,Time Out纽约版也称赞本戏是 “对诺埃尔•考沃德的作品一次绝对精彩的复排。”
All three acts of the play are set in Garry Essendine's London flat.
Act I
Daphne Stillington, a young admirer of the actor Garry Essendine, has inveigled herself into the flat and has spent the night there. Garry is still asleep, and while waiting for him to wake, Daphne encounters in turn three employees of Garry, housekeeper (Miss Erikson), valet (Fred), and secretary (Monica). None of them displays any surprise at her presence. Garry finally wakes and with practised smoothness ushers Daphne out.
Liz Essendine, who left Garry years ago, nevertheless remains part of his tightly-knit 'family' along with Monica and his manager, Morris Dixon, and producer, Henry Lyppiatt. Liz tells Garry that she suspects that Morris is having an affair with Henry's glamorous wife Joanna, and is concerned that this might break up the family. Their discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Roland Maule, an aspiring young playwright from Uckfield, whose play Garry has rashly agreed to critique. Liz leaves, and Roland rapidly becomes obsessively fascinated by Garry, who gets him off the premises as quickly as he can.
Morris and Henry arrive and discuss theatrical business with Garry. Henry leaves for a business trip abroad, and Garry privately interrogates Morris, who denies that he is having an affair with Joanna. Garry telephones Liz to reassure her.
Act II
Scene 1, midnight, three days later.
Garry, alone in the flat, answers the doorbell to find Joanna. She claims (like Daphne in Act I) to have forgotten her own doorkey and asks Garry to accommodate her in his spare room. He correctly suspects her motives, but after much skirmishing allows himself to be seduced.
Scene 2, the next morning.
Joanna emerges from the spare room wearing Garry's pyjamas just as Daphne did in Act I. She too encounters Miss Erikson, Fred, and then Monica, who is horrified at her presence in such compromising circumstances. Liz arrives and puts pressure on Joanna by threatening to tell Morris that Joanna has spent the night with Garry. Joanna retreats to the spare room when the doorbell rings, but the caller is not Morris but Roland Maule, who says he has an appointment with Garry. Monica leads him to an adjacent room to wait for Garry.
Frantic comings and goings follow, with the flustered arrivals and departures of Morris and Henry, Roland's pursuit of Garry, and the arrival of a Lady Saltburn, whose niece Garry has promised an audition. The niece turns out to be Daphne Stillington, who recites the same Shelley poem with which he bade her farewell in Act I. Joanna flounces out from the spare room, Daphne faints with horror, Roland is entranced, and Garry is apoplectic.
Act III
A week later, on the eve of Garry's departure on tour in Africa, he is once more alone in the flat. The doorbell rings and Daphne enters saying she has a ticket to sail with him to Africa. The doorbell rings again, and Daphne retreats to an adjoining room. The new caller is Roland, who announces that he too has a ticket for the voyage to Africa. Garry tries to get him to leave, but as the doorbell rings a third time Roland bolts into the spare room and locks the door. The third caller is Joanna, who has also bought a ticket for the Africa voyage and has written a letter to Henry and Morris telling them everything. Liz arrives and saves the tottering situation, announcing that she too is travelling to Africa.
Henry and Morris arrive and berate Garry for his night with Joanna. Garry fights back by revealing the details of Morris and Joanna's affair, and Henry's extramarital adventures. Joanna angrily slaps Garry's face and leaves for good. Her departure goes unnoticed because Garry, Henry and Morris have become embroiled in what for them is a much more serious row when it emerges that Henry and Morris have committed Garry to appear at what he considers a shockingly unsuitable theatre. Garry objects: "I will not play a light French comedy to an auditorium that looks like a Gothic edition of Wembley Stadium."When that row has blown itself out, it is business as usual and Henry and Morris leave in good humour.
Liz pours Garry a brandy and tells him she is not only going to Africa with him but is coming back to him for good. Garry suddenly remembers Daphne and Roland lurking in the adjoining rooms and tells Liz: "You're not coming back to me... I'm coming back to you", and they tiptoe out.
乐在当下 2019 Old Vic版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 乐在当下
剧院: The Old Vic 导演: Matthew Warchus
其它标题: 2019 Old Vic版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Andrew Scott
曾经两度获得托尼奖的凯文•克莱恩(Kevin Kline)十余年后重返百老汇舞台,挑战的正是英国传奇剧作家诺埃尔•考沃德(Noël Coward)爵士的经典喜剧《乐在当下》(Present Laughter)!
这部被视为考沃德半自传式的作品,讲述了一个陷入中年危机的自恋演员盖瑞•艾森戴(Garry Essendine)在开始一段非洲之旅前,不得不试图甩掉一个疯狂的剧作家、一些想要引诱他的女人和长期伴随他左右的秘书和伴侣。考沃德在1942年的首演版和1958年的百老汇复排版中都亲自上阵,身兼导演和主演。作为一个经典角色,此后有彼得•奥图尔爵士、伊恩•麦克莱恩爵士等戏骨演员先后出演,在纽约、伦敦及世界各地常演不衰。
此次百老汇复排由托尼奖提名导演Moritz von Stuelpnagel执导,在百老汇圣詹姆斯剧院连续演出101场,凭借《万尼亚和索尼亚和马莎和斯派克》(Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)获得托尼奖提名的克莉丝汀•尼森(Kristine Niesen)、以及主演过《老爸老妈浪漫史》、《复仇者联盟》的寇碧•史莫德斯(Cobie Smulders)纷纷加盟,而暌违百老汇十年之久的克莱恩也不负这个伟大角色,凭此摘得个人第三座托尼奖杯,《纽约邮报》称赞克莱恩的表现“臻于完美”,《纽约时报》惊呼“它应该获得托尼奖最佳复排话剧”,Time Out纽约版也称赞本戏是 “对诺埃尔•考沃德的作品一次绝对精彩的复排。”
All three acts of the play are set in Garry Essendine's London flat.
Act I
Daphne Stillington, a young admirer of the actor Garry Essendine, has inveigled herself into the flat and has spent the night there. Garry is still asleep, and while waiting for him to wake, Daphne encounters in turn three employees of Garry, housekeeper (Miss Erikson), valet (Fred), and secretary (Monica). None of them displays any surprise at her presence. Garry finally wakes and with practised smoothness ushers Daphne out.
Liz Essendine, who left Garry years ago, nevertheless remains part of his tightly-knit 'family' along with Monica and his manager, Morris Dixon, and producer, Henry Lyppiatt. Liz tells Garry that she suspects that Morris is having an affair with Henry's glamorous wife Joanna, and is concerned that this might break up the family. Their discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Roland Maule, an aspiring young playwright from Uckfield, whose play Garry has rashly agreed to critique. Liz leaves, and Roland rapidly becomes obsessively fascinated by Garry, who gets him off the premises as quickly as he can.
Morris and Henry arrive and discuss theatrical business with Garry. Henry leaves for a business trip abroad, and Garry privately interrogates Morris, who denies that he is having an affair with Joanna. Garry telephones Liz to reassure her.
Act II
Scene 1, midnight, three days later.
Garry, alone in the flat, answers the doorbell to find Joanna. She claims (like Daphne in Act I) to have forgotten her own doorkey and asks Garry to accommodate her in his spare room. He correctly suspects her motives, but after much skirmishing allows himself to be seduced.
Scene 2, the next morning.
Joanna emerges from the spare room wearing Garry's pyjamas just as Daphne did in Act I. She too encounters Miss Erikson, Fred, and then Monica, who is horrified at her presence in such compromising circumstances. Liz arrives and puts pressure on Joanna by threatening to tell Morris that Joanna has spent the night with Garry. Joanna retreats to the spare room when the doorbell rings, but the caller is not Morris but Roland Maule, who says he has an appointment with Garry. Monica leads him to an adjacent room to wait for Garry.
Frantic comings and goings follow, with the flustered arrivals and departures of Morris and Henry, Roland's pursuit of Garry, and the arrival of a Lady Saltburn, whose niece Garry has promised an audition. The niece turns out to be Daphne Stillington, who recites the same Shelley poem with which he bade her farewell in Act I. Joanna flounces out from the spare room, Daphne faints with horror, Roland is entranced, and Garry is apoplectic.
Act III
A week later, on the eve of Garry's departure on tour in Africa, he is once more alone in the flat. The doorbell rings and Daphne enters saying she has a ticket to sail with him to Africa. The doorbell rings again, and Daphne retreats to an adjoining room. The new caller is Roland, who announces that he too has a ticket for the voyage to Africa. Garry tries to get him to leave, but as the doorbell rings a third time Roland bolts into the spare room and locks the door. The third caller is Joanna, who has also bought a ticket for the Africa voyage and has written a letter to Henry and Morris telling them everything. Liz arrives and saves the tottering situation, announcing that she too is travelling to Africa.
Henry and Morris arrive and berate Garry for his night with Joanna. Garry fights back by revealing the details of Morris and Joanna's affair, and Henry's extramarital adventures. Joanna angrily slaps Garry's face and leaves for good. Her departure goes unnoticed because Garry, Henry and Morris have become embroiled in what for them is a much more serious row when it emerges that Henry and Morris have committed Garry to appear at what he considers a shockingly unsuitable theatre. Garry objects: "I will not play a light French comedy to an auditorium that looks like a Gothic edition of Wembley Stadium."When that row has blown itself out, it is business as usual and Henry and Morris leave in good humour.
Liz pours Garry a brandy and tells him she is not only going to Africa with him but is coming back to him for good. Garry suddenly remembers Daphne and Roland lurking in the adjoining rooms and tells Liz: "You're not coming back to me... I'm coming back to you", and they tiptoe out.
欢乐的精灵 [演出] 豆瓣
Blithe Spirit
类型: theater 编剧: Noël Coward / 诺埃尔·考沃德
其它标题: Blithe Spirit 导演: Noël Coward / 未知 演员: Kay Hammond / Margaret Rutherford / Cecil Parker / Fay Compton / Leonora Corbett
“多年以后你跟她情深似海,会不会想到欠我一个未来。”
都说,前任最好是像死了一样,可是谁曾想死去的前任忽然回来了……
一个凉风习习的夏日夜晚,流行小说家查尔斯和妻子露丝在家里举办小型家宴。
一半为新书做研究,一半为给大家助兴取乐,他请来灵媒阿卡蒂夫人进行了一场招魂会,不料却召来了查尔斯早逝的前妻艾薇尔的灵魂。
妻子露丝对于丈夫声称看到前妻鬼魂的事儿,大为不爽。
当这位“二把刀”灵媒阿卡蒂夫人告诉查尔斯,她压根儿不知道怎么把艾薇儿这个逍遥的小魂儿给原路送回的时候,一场闹剧就此开始!
艾薇尔和露丝争风吃醋,查尔斯的生活鸡飞狗跳。
艾薇尔一心想把查尔斯据为己有。
谁知道好戏还在后头,一场荒唐闹剧,让人笑出眼泪心里还有一丝凉……
和许多考沃德的剧类似,《前任不敲门》讲述的是,夫妻被困在同一个空间之中,相爱相杀的故事。只不过这一次,现任前妻,阴阳相隔。
欢乐的精灵 1941年版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 欢乐的精灵
导演: Noël Coward
其它标题: 1941年版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Kay Hammond / Margaret Rutherford
“多年以后你跟她情深似海,会不会想到欠我一个未来。”
都说,前任最好是像死了一样,可是谁曾想死去的前任忽然回来了……
一个凉风习习的夏日夜晚,流行小说家查尔斯和妻子露丝在家里举办小型家宴。
一半为新书做研究,一半为给大家助兴取乐,他请来灵媒阿卡蒂夫人进行了一场招魂会,不料却召来了查尔斯早逝的前妻艾薇尔的灵魂。
妻子露丝对于丈夫声称看到前妻鬼魂的事儿,大为不爽。
当这位“二把刀”灵媒阿卡蒂夫人告诉查尔斯,她压根儿不知道怎么把艾薇儿这个逍遥的小魂儿给原路送回的时候,一场闹剧就此开始!
艾薇尔和露丝争风吃醋,查尔斯的生活鸡飞狗跳。
艾薇尔一心想把查尔斯据为己有。
谁知道好戏还在后头,一场荒唐闹剧,让人笑出眼泪心里还有一丝凉……
和许多考沃德的剧类似,《前任不敲门》讲述的是,夫妻被困在同一个空间之中,相爱相杀的故事。只不过这一次,现任前妻,阴阳相隔。
欢乐的精灵 1941 Broadway premiere版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 欢乐的精灵
剧院: Morosco Theatre 导演: 未知
其它标题: 1941 Broadway premiere版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Leonora Corbett / Mildred Natwick
“多年以后你跟她情深似海,会不会想到欠我一个未来。”
都说,前任最好是像死了一样,可是谁曾想死去的前任忽然回来了……
一个凉风习习的夏日夜晚,流行小说家查尔斯和妻子露丝在家里举办小型家宴。
一半为新书做研究,一半为给大家助兴取乐,他请来灵媒阿卡蒂夫人进行了一场招魂会,不料却召来了查尔斯早逝的前妻艾薇尔的灵魂。
妻子露丝对于丈夫声称看到前妻鬼魂的事儿,大为不爽。
当这位“二把刀”灵媒阿卡蒂夫人告诉查尔斯,她压根儿不知道怎么把艾薇儿这个逍遥的小魂儿给原路送回的时候,一场闹剧就此开始!
艾薇尔和露丝争风吃醋,查尔斯的生活鸡飞狗跳。
艾薇尔一心想把查尔斯据为己有。
谁知道好戏还在后头,一场荒唐闹剧,让人笑出眼泪心里还有一丝凉……
和许多考沃德的剧类似,《前任不敲门》讲述的是,夫妻被困在同一个空间之中,相爱相杀的故事。只不过这一次,现任前妻,阴阳相隔。
欢乐的精灵 1970 West End版 [演出] 豆瓣
所属 演出: 欢乐的精灵
剧院: Globe Theatre 导演: 未知
其它标题: 1970 West End版 编剧: Noël Coward 演员: Amanda Reiss / Beryl Reid
“多年以后你跟她情深似海,会不会想到欠我一个未来。”
都说,前任最好是像死了一样,可是谁曾想死去的前任忽然回来了……
一个凉风习习的夏日夜晚,流行小说家查尔斯和妻子露丝在家里举办小型家宴。
一半为新书做研究,一半为给大家助兴取乐,他请来灵媒阿卡蒂夫人进行了一场招魂会,不料却召来了查尔斯早逝的前妻艾薇尔的灵魂。
妻子露丝对于丈夫声称看到前妻鬼魂的事儿,大为不爽。
当这位“二把刀”灵媒阿卡蒂夫人告诉查尔斯,她压根儿不知道怎么把艾薇儿这个逍遥的小魂儿给原路送回的时候,一场闹剧就此开始!
艾薇尔和露丝争风吃醋,查尔斯的生活鸡飞狗跳。
艾薇尔一心想把查尔斯据为己有。
谁知道好戏还在后头,一场荒唐闹剧,让人笑出眼泪心里还有一丝凉……
和许多考沃德的剧类似,《前任不敲门》讲述的是,夫妻被困在同一个空间之中,相爱相杀的故事。只不过这一次,现任前妻,阴阳相隔。