Archives - Design For Living
by Noël CowardDirected by Mervyn LloydSaturday 8th – Saturday 15th April 1978 in the AuditoriumTwelve years after “dreaming up their future design for living” with Lynne Fontanne and Alfred Lunt, Noel Coward wrote Design for Living in eight days while sailing from Panama to Los Angeles in a small Norwegian cargo-boat. They opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York on 22 January 1933 and “Lynne, Alfred, Noel and the play became the talk of the town…” Festivals
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Part of the Barn’s 1977/1978 season and a festival entry Presented by The Barn Theatre Club |
Event details from The Barn Theatre Archive | |
Cast
| Gilda | - | Janet Shuck |
| Ernest Friedman | - | Stanley Meyrick |
| Otto | - | Eric Chorley |
| Leo | - | Clive Wiseman |
| Miss Hodge | - | Joan Burgess |
| Miss Birbeck | - | Maureen Lane |
| Grace Torrence | - | Avril Goring |
| Henry Carver | - | John Davies |
| Helen Carver | - | Sylvia Pepper |
| Matthew | - | Douglas Walcott |
Creative team
| Director | - | Mervyn Lloyd |
| Set Designer | - | David Shepherd |
| Set Builders | - | Members of The Barn Theatre Club |
| Lighting | - | Derek Palmer |
| Brenda Newey | ||
| Music | - | Tony Mash |
| Stage Manager | - | Janet Lloyd |
| Assistant Stage Managers | - | Roger Bury |
| Mark Blatherwick | ||
| Daphne Jones | ||
| Martin Smith | ||
| Sound | - | Martin Hoar |
| Gary Fisher | ||
| Wardrobe | - | Janet While |
| Properties | - | Kris Moore |
| Kay Coppock | ||
| Miriam Hill | ||
| Marion Carter | ||
| Box Office | - | Joan Parsons |
| Prompter | - | Peggy Thompson |
| Production Secretary | - | Peggy Thompson |


