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Ways and Means

Short Play, Comedy  /  4w, 5m

Noël Coward

In a bedroom in Mrs. Lloyd Ransome's fabulous villa on the Cote d'Azur are heiress Stella Cartwright and her husband, a gambler. They are plagued by debts and their prolonged stay at the villa is becoming embarrassing when a scandalous chauffeur attempts to rob them and ends up saving their honor.

Ways and Means

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    4w, 5m
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Summary

One of the "Tonight at 8:30" series produced in London and New York. In a bedroom in Mrs. Lloyd Ransome's fabulous villa on the Cote d'Azur are heiress Stella Cartwright and her husband, a gambler. They are plagued by debts and their prolonged stay at the villa is becoming embarrassing when a scandalous chauffeur attempts to rob them and ends up saving their honor.

Published in Tonight at 8:30.

History
Ways and Means was first produced as one of a series of nine one-act plays under the title Tonight At 8:30 at the Phoenix Theatre in January 1936 under the direction of Noel Coward.
STELLA CARTWRIGHT
TOBY CARTWRIGHT
OLIVE LLOYD-RANSOME
LORD CHAPWORTH (CHAPS)
NANNY
MURDOCH
STEVENS
PRINCESS ELENA KRASSILOFF
GASTON
  • Time Period 1930s
  • Setting A bedroomin the Lloyd-Ransomes' house, Villa Zephyre, on the Cote d'Azur.

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Noël Coward

Noël Coward

Noël Peirce Coward was born in 1899 and made his professional stage debut as Prince Mussel in The Goldfish at the age of 12, leading to many child actor appearances over the next few years. His breakthrough in playwriting was the controversial The Vortex (1924), which feature ...

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