Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
Audiobook37 minutes
Present Laughter
Written by Noel Coward
Narrated by Ian Ogilvy and Full Cast
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
About this audiobook
A gallery of friends, lovers, relatives and theatre acolytes sparkle around stage star Garry Essendine like bubbles in fine champagne. While Garry struggles to plan his upcoming trip to Africa, his elegant London flat is invaded by a love struck ingénue, an adulterous producer and a married seductress–not to mention Garry’s estranged wife Liz and the memorable Roland Maule, an aspiring playwright who is quite, quite mad.
"Present Laughter is a very light comedy and was written with the sensible object of providing me with a bravura part.”
Noël Coward
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Gregory Cooke, Arthur Hanket, Jon Matthews, Ian Oglivy, Siri O'Neal, Christina Pickles, Carolyn Seymour and Yeardley Smith.
"Present Laughter is a very light comedy and was written with the sensible object of providing me with a bravura part.”
Noël Coward
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Gregory Cooke, Arthur Hanket, Jon Matthews, Ian Oglivy, Siri O'Neal, Christina Pickles, Carolyn Seymour and Yeardley Smith.
Author
Noel Coward
Noel Coward was born in 1899 in Teddington, Middlesex. He made his name as a playwright with The Vortex (1924), in which he also appeared. His numerous other successful plays included Fallen Angels (1925), Hay Fever (1925), Private Lives (1933), Design for Living (1933), and Blithe Spirit (1941). During the war he wrote screenplays such as Brief Encounter (1944) and This Happy Breed (1942). In the fifties he started a new career as a cabaret entertainer. He published volumes of verse and a novel, Pomp and Circumstance (1960), two volumes of autobiography, and four volumes of short stories: To Step Aside (1939), Star Quality (1951), Pretty Polly Barlow (1964), and Bon Voyage (l967). Coward was knighted in 1970 and died three years later in Jamaica.
More audiobooks from Noel Coward
The Noel Coward Audio Collection Hay Fever Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Noel Coward Collection Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fallen Angels Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Blithe Spirit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Design For Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Private Lives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Present Laughter
Related audiobooks
Private Lives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blithe Spirit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5With and Without Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5After the Fall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Broadway Bound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cherry Orchard Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Brighton Beach Memoirs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All My Sons Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5M. Butterfly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Die Mommie Die Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5California Suite Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Heidi Chronicles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Is Our Youth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Design For Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Browning Version Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Barefoot in the Park Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ruby Sunrise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Country Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Side Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Goodbye Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Never Can Tell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mrs. Warren's Profession Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Biloxi Blues Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Odd Couple Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fathers and Sons Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man Who Had All the Luck Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dinner With Friends Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Alan Ayckbourn Collection Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Six Degrees of Separation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Performing Arts For You
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Save the Cat! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Romeo and Juliet: The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Julius Caesar: A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Death of a Salesman Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5NPR Funniest Driveway Moments: Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Power of Myth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Macbeth: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Grapes of Wrath Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Science of Storytelling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Create: Tools from Seriously Talented People to Unleash Your Creative Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pure Drivel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best of Second City Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice From a Professional Clown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Othello: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cinema Speculation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Swingtime for Hitler: Goebbels’s Jazzmen, Tokyo Rose, and Propaganda That Carries a Tune Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bel Canto Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Is this Anything? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Life in Parts Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
OEDIPUS THE KING ACT I: OEDIPUS THE KING ACT I (DRAMA) The king of Thebes investigates an act of violence that has angered the gods -- but the truth he uncovers threatens to destroy him. Chatterbox presents Sophocles' seminal tragedy in a contemporary translation by Ian... 100% found this document usefulHenrik Ibsen: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and his tragedies of middle-class life. 0% found this document usefulWriter-Director Patrick Marber on Working With His Artistic Heroes: “It’s weird until it’s not.” 0% found this document usefulLanford Wilson (#224) - October, 2008: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. 0% found this document usefulJohn Patrick Shanley (#97) April, 2006: Author of "Doubt" and "Defiance" 100% found this document usefulPaula Vogel (#31) November, 2004: Signature Theatre Company, Playwright in Residence 0% found this document usefulF. Murray Abraham (#172) - October, 2007: From "Mauritius", Manhattan Theatre Club. 0% found this document usefulYour Character's Ethics 0% found this document usefulSarah Ruhl (#273) - June, 2010: Author of "In The Next Room (or the vibrator play)". 0% found this document usefulMichael Frayn (#312) - March, 2011: Author of "Copenhagen" and "Democracy". 0% found this document usefulPatsy Rodenburg: Patsy Rodenburg, renowned voice coach, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 0% found this document usefulAnne Bogart (#240) - October, 2009: Artistic Director of the SITI Company. 100% found this document usefulAlfred Molina (#30) November, 2004: From "Fiddler On The Roof". 0% found this document usefulConversation with Sharon Carnicke 0% found this document usefulLife Is Crap Part 2 (The Next Steps): The second part of the Life Is Crap Series - thank you to so many people! 0% found this document usefulDoves In The Wind (feat. Kendrick Lamar) :: Speed Up :: — SZA, Kendrick Lamar 0% found this document useful21. It Had to Be Done 0% found this document useful23. Let’s Go on A Walk 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Martha Plimpton Has Left The Steppenwolf Ensemble, A Rare Exit Chicago TribuneArticle
Martha Plimpton Has Left The Steppenwolf Ensemble, A Rare Exit
Jul 18, 2019
3 min readWe Laughed–until We Cried Country LifeArticle
We Laughed–until We Cried
Feb 5, 2020
4 min readWho's Afraid Of A Diverse Cast? NPRArticle
Who's Afraid Of A Diverse Cast?
May 20, 2017
2 min readQui Nguyen Finds a Home in Orange County Journal of Alta CaliforniaArticle
Qui Nguyen Finds a Home in Orange County
Apr 2, 2019
As a playwright, I’m a little bit ADD artistically,” says Qui Nguyen. “I get bored really quickly. I put things in there that are kind of wild, just to keep myself entertained.” Nguyen’s breakthrough play, Vietgone, illustrates exactly what he’s talk
5 min read‘The Humans’ Review: Stephen Karam’s Hit Play About An Unsettling Thanksgiving Comes To Showtime, Starring Amy Schumer And A Table Full Of Real Humans Chicago TribuneArticle
‘The Humans’ Review: Stephen Karam’s Hit Play About An Unsettling Thanksgiving Comes To Showtime, Starring Amy Schumer And A Table Full Of Real Humans
Nov 24, 2021
2 min readA Play With Practically No Talking? In Bess Wohl's 'Small Mouth Sounds,' Silence Is Sweet Los Angeles TimesArticle
A Play With Practically No Talking? In Bess Wohl's 'Small Mouth Sounds,' Silence Is Sweet
Jan 12, 2018
5 min readCathedrals Made of Bricks AMERICAN THEATREArticle
Cathedrals Made of Bricks
Nov 25, 2019
6 min readAppreciation: How Simon Wrote His Own Second Act And Finally Won Over Critics Los Angeles TimesArticle
Appreciation: How Simon Wrote His Own Second Act And Finally Won Over Critics
Aug 26, 2018
5 min readThe Best Theatre Of 2021, From Cabaret To Little Scratch Evening StandardArticle
The Best Theatre Of 2021, From Cabaret To Little Scratch
Dec 21, 2021
5 min readThe Show That Ate Off-Broadway AMERICAN THEATREArticle
The Show That Ate Off-Broadway
Mar 25, 2020
12 min readJasmine Lee-Jones Interview: I Want People To Come To The Theatre Like They Watch Netflix Evening StandardArticle
Jasmine Lee-Jones Interview: I Want People To Come To The Theatre Like They Watch Netflix
Jun 24, 2021
Back in 2019, you either saw seven methods of killing kylie jenner or you were trying to get a ticket for it. Jasmine Lee-Jones’s debut play, exploring female friendship, cultural appropriation and the internet, became one of the most talked-about pl
5 min readPulitzer Prize-winning Play 'Fat Ham' Takes 'Hamlet' In Unexpected Directions NPRArticle
Pulitzer Prize-winning Play 'Fat Ham' Takes 'Hamlet' In Unexpected Directions
Jul 2, 2022
2 min readTennessee Williams in Four Objects The Paris ReviewArticle
Tennessee Williams in Four Objects
Mar 12, 2018
10 min readTheatre In London: The Best Theatre Shows This Month From Prima Facie To Cock Evening StandardArticle
Theatre In London: The Best Theatre Shows This Month From Prima Facie To Cock
Feb 2, 2022
6 min readWith 'Slave Play,' A Young Playwright Provokes His Way To Broadway NPRArticle
With 'Slave Play,' A Young Playwright Provokes His Way To Broadway
Sep 20, 2019
4 min readThe 10 Best Theater Productions TIMEArticle
The 10 Best Theater Productions
Nov 26, 2018
3 min readIn 'Thanksgiving Play,' Native American Playwright Larissa FastHorse Tackles 'Wokeness' NPRArticle
In 'Thanksgiving Play,' Native American Playwright Larissa FastHorse Tackles 'Wokeness'
Nov 26, 2019
2 min readPlaywrights Get A New Stage: Audible Announces 15 Writers For Audio Theater Project Los Angeles TimesArticle
Playwrights Get A New Stage: Audible Announces 15 Writers For Audio Theater Project
Feb 13, 2018
3 min readClaire Foy: ‘My Anxiety Was A Tool To Survive’ The GuardianArticle
Claire Foy: ‘My Anxiety Was A Tool To Survive’
Sep 29, 2018
10 min readMy 21st-century Touchstone Play: Theatre Stars Share The Shows That Shook Them To The Core Evening StandardArticle
My 21st-century Touchstone Play: Theatre Stars Share The Shows That Shook Them To The Core
Feb 19, 2021
Here at the Evening Standard, we recently tried to pull together the 21st-century’s greatest plays (read our list and see if you agree). But what about those plays that impact us more personally, that seem to speak to us directly and leave us getting
7 min readA Controversial Play Asserts the Humanity of Sex Offenders The AtlanticArticle
A Controversial Play Asserts the Humanity of Sex Offenders
Mar 27, 2019
5 min read“Where Did You Laugh?” Chicago magazineArticle
“Where Did You Laugh?”
Dec 14, 2019
4 min readThe Most Popular High School Plays And Musicals NPRArticle
The Most Popular High School Plays And Musicals
Aug 1, 2018
5 min readBroadway's 'POTUS': Should These Women Save The President? NPRArticle
Broadway's 'POTUS': Should These Women Save The President?
Apr 27, 2022
2 min readSaoirse Ronan TIMEArticle
Saoirse Ronan
Jun 4, 2016
5 min readCritic's Notebook: Star Turns That Serve The Broadway Play — Elaine May, Daniel Radcliffe And Janet McTeer Show How It's Done Los Angeles TimesArticle
Critic's Notebook: Star Turns That Serve The Broadway Play — Elaine May, Daniel Radcliffe And Janet McTeer Show How It's Done
Nov 26, 2018
NEW YORK - When it comes to playwriting, Broadway has a supply problem. Although the new generation of American dramatists is blazingly talented, the great majority of these writers prefer the creative flexibility of more intimate stages. New dramas
6 min readRoe: Can a Play Influence the Abortion Debate? The AtlanticArticle
Roe: Can a Play Influence the Abortion Debate?
Jan 22, 2017
4 min readDown memory LANE Woman's WeeklyArticle
Down memory LANE
May 24, 2023
Do you remember when that policeman came into the pub, and got mistaken for a male stripper?’ said Stella, smiling. I pulled a face to give the impression that I was concentrating hard to recall the occasion, but nothing about policemen or strippers
3 min readYou Talkin’ To Me? Total FilmArticle
You Talkin’ To Me?
Mar 2, 2023
3 min readHeave’s Whisky Orion MagazineArticle
Heave’s Whisky
Feb 27, 2024
7 min read
Reviews for Present Laughter
Rating: 4.2250001 out of 5 stars
4/5
20 ratings0 reviews