Private Lives (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Noel Coward
- First Published: 1930
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: 1929
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners, Boulevard drama
- Subjects: Values, France or French people, Love or romance, Marriage, 1920’s, 1930’s, Individuality, England or English people, Upper classes, Adultery, Conformity
- Locales: Paris, France
Places Discussed
French hotel. Unnamed Parisian hotel in which the play is set. Noël Coward’s stage directions describe the terrace of a French hotel as the setting of the first act, which begins with a mood of honeymoon romance. He calls for two French windows at the back of the terrace to open onto two separate suites. In addition to the small trees in tubs and awnings shading the windows, a low stone balustrade separates the balconies. This simple division serves the action well, for the mechanics of the plot depend on the unexpected meeting of former spouses Elyot and...
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