Design for Living is a classic comedy play written by Noel Coward, first performed in 1933. The play revolves around three characters, Gilda, Otto, and Leo, who are all artists and close friends. The trio finds themselves in a complicated love triangle, with each of them being in love with the other two. The play explores themes of love, sexuality, and morality, as the characters struggle to navigate their complicated relationships. Gilda, Otto, and Leo are all talented and ambitious, and they each want to pursue their ...
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Design for Living is a classic comedy play written by Noel Coward, first performed in 1933. The play revolves around three characters, Gilda, Otto, and Leo, who are all artists and close friends. The trio finds themselves in a complicated love triangle, with each of them being in love with the other two. The play explores themes of love, sexuality, and morality, as the characters struggle to navigate their complicated relationships. Gilda, Otto, and Leo are all talented and ambitious, and they each want to pursue their artistic passions while also finding love and happiness. As the story unfolds, the characters must confront their own desires and insecurities, and make difficult choices about their futures. The play is filled with witty dialogue, clever wordplay, and sharp observations about human nature. Design for Living has been praised for its daring and unconventional approach to relationships and morality, as well as its innovative use of language and humor. It remains a beloved classic of modern theater, and a testament to Coward's talent as a playwright.This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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First U.k. Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 122. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Boldly signed by Noel Coward on the front endpaper. Slight fading at spine with small faint ink mark on the front cover and a small ink spot on spine, very light foxing to preliminaries, otherwise very good with clean text.
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Dust Jacket Included. DUST JACKET (THREE CHIPS, A LITTLE FOXING TO EDGES); ORIGINAL GILT STAMPED PURPLE CLOTH (SPINE WITH AGE FADING); BOOKPLATE OF WILLIAM ARNETT WIGHTMAN ON THE FRONT FREE ENDAPER. FIRST EDITION (SO STATED). GOOD-VERY GOOD.
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Good. No Jacket. Book Gold-stamped green cloth, faded spine w/ wear at ends. Tender front hinge. No names, clean text. Serviceable reading copy. Dedicated to Alexander Woollcott. 7102 shelf.
