Private Lives, written Noël Coward (1899 - 1973), produced by C. B. Cochran, at the Times Square Theatre, New York City, from January 27 to September 1, 1931, running for 256 performances.

   Scenes from Private Lives (a play in three acts, 1929), written by the English playwright Noël Coward  (1899 - 1973), produced by C. B. Cochran, at the Times Square Theatre, New York City, from January 27 to  September 1, 1931, running for 256 performances.

   The first Broadway production opened at the Times Square Theatre on 27 January 1931 with Coward, Lawrence and Olivier reprising their roles and Jill Esmond, who had married Olivier a few months earlier, as Sibyl. Walter Winchell described the production as "something to go quite silly over." The New York critics were enthusiastic about the play and Coward's performance.

Noël Coward and Gertrude Lawrence in the Broadway production of Private Lives (1931)

Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward hamming it up at the piano in a scene from the play, "Private Lives." 1931

Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence in a scene from 'Private Lives', New York, USA, 1931. 

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