Private Lives Production History
1930
Gertrude Lawrence (Amanda) & Noël Coward (Elyot), Laurence Olivier (Victor) & Adrienne Allen (Sibyl) Phoenix Theatre, London
1931
Noël Coward and Gertrude Lawrence star in Private Lives on Broadway
1931
Norma Shearer (Amanda) & Robert Montgomery (Elyot) Dir. Sidney Franklin. Film.
1948
Tallulah Bankhead & Donald Cook. Plymouth Theatre, Broadway
1968
Brian Bedford as Elyot Chase and Tammy Grimes as Amanda Prynne, Billy Rose Theatre Broadway
1972
Maggie Smith and her husband, at the time, Robert Stephens. Dir. John Gielgud, Queen's Theatre, London
1975
Maggie Smith (Amanda) and John Standing (Elyot), Dir. John Gielgud, Broadway
1980
Maria Aitken (Amanda) & Michael Jayston (Elyot), Dir. Alan Strachan. Duchess Theatre, London
1983
Elizabeth Taylor (Amanda) & Richard Burton (Elyot), Dir. Milton Katselas. Lunt Fontaine Theatre, Broadway
1990
Joan Collins (Amanda) & Keith Baxter (Elyot), Dir. Tim Luscombe Aldwych Theatre, London
1992
Joan Collins (Amanda) & Simon Jones (Elyot) on Broadway
1999
Juliet Stevenson and Anton Lesser, National Theatre, London
2000
Private Lives in Sydney
2001
Lindsay Duncan(Amanda) & Alan Rickman (Elyot), Dir. Howard Davies. Albery Theatre, London
2009
Diana LaMar (Amanda) & Stephen Turner (Elyot) Dir. Mark Rucker. Shakespeare Theatre, California
2011
The Bike Shed Theatre production of Private Lives
2011
Kim Cattrall (Amanda) & Paul Gross (Elyot), Dir. Richard Eyre. Music Box Theatre, Broadway
2013
Anna Chancellor (Amanda) & Toby Stephens (Elyot) Dir. Jonathan Kent. Gielgud Theatre, London
2014
Nadine Garner (Amanda) & (Leon Ford (Elyot), Dir. Sam Strong. Melbourne Theatre Company
2016
Tom Chambers (Elyot) & Laura Rogers (Amanda), Dir. Tom Attenborough. ATG UK tour