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''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners by Creator/NoelCoward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other, and run away to a chalet in Switzerland. After a few days of bliss, their antics - which drove them away before - creep back.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Crazy Hijinks Guaranteed]]

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''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners by Creator/NoelCoward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other, and run away to a chalet in Switzerland. After a few days of bliss, their antics - -- which drove them away apart before - -- creep back.



Adapted in 1931 with Creator/RobertMontgomery and Creator/NormaShearer in the leading roles.

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Adapted in into a 1931 film directed by Sidney Franklin, with Creator/RobertMontgomery and Creator/NormaShearer in the leading roles.
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* LoveConfession: At the hotel,

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* LoveConfession: At the hotel, hotel's terrace, Amanda and Elyot declare their love and decide to run away together.

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* GenteelInterbellumSetting: Like most of Coward's plays

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* GenteelInterbellumSetting: Like most of Coward's playsplays.
* LoveConfession: At the hotel,


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* ReallyGetsAround: Amanda rattles off the men she dated (and slept with!) after she divorced Elyot much to his horror.

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* TheMissusAndTheEx:

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* TheMissusAndTheEx:TheMissusAndTheEx: This set of Missus and Ex don't like each other at all.
* SympatheticAdulterer: The degree in which one sympathizes depends, but both of Amanda and Elyot's partners are absolute pills.
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''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners by Creator/NoelCoward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other.

Adapted in 1931 with Creator/RobertMontgomery and Creator/NormaShearer in the lrading roles.

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''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners by Creator/NoelCoward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other.

other, and run away to a chalet in Switzerland. After a few days of bliss, their antics - which drove them away before - creep back.

HilarityEnsues.

Adapted in 1931 with Creator/RobertMontgomery and Creator/NormaShearer in the lrading leading roles.



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* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem

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* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThemCantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: The crux of Elyot and Amanda's relationship: they love each other, but also love to drive each other crazy.



* TheMissusAndTheEx

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* TheMissusAndTheExTheMissusAndTheEx:

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Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners by Creator/NoelCoward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other.

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Private Lives ''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners by Creator/NoelCoward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other.
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Adapted in 1931 with Creator/RobertMontgomery and Creator/NormaShearer in the lrading roles.



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Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners by [[NoelCoward Noël Coward]]. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other.

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Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners by [[NoelCoward Noël Coward]].Creator/NoelCoward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other.
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* CantLiveWithThemVCantLiveWithoutThem

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* CantLiveWithThemVCantLiveWithoutThemCantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem

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* BelligerentSexualTension - Amanda and Elyot's relationship, and late Sybil and Victor's.
* BettyAndVeronica - Sybil and Amanda, respectively, to Elyot. Also, Victor and Elyot to Amanda.
* DatingDoSiDo - the point of the play
* GenteelInterbellumSetting - like most of Coward's plays

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* BelligerentSexualTension - BelligerentSexualTension: Amanda and Elyot's relationship, and late Sybil and Victor's.
* BettyAndVeronica - BettyAndVeronica: Sybil and Amanda, respectively, to Elyot. Also, Victor and Elyot to Amanda.
* DatingDoSiDo - the CantLiveWithThemVCantLiveWithoutThem
* DatingDoSiDo: The
point of the play
* GenteelInterbellumSetting - like GenteelInterbellumSetting: Like most of Coward's plays

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* BelligerentSexualTension - Amanda and Elyot's relationship, and late Sybil and Victor's.



* SlapSlapKiss - Amanda and Elyot's relationship, and late Sybil and Victor's.
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* BettyAndVeronica - Sybol and Amanda, respectively, to Elyot. Also, Victor and Elyot to Amanda.

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* BettyAndVeronica - Sybol Sybil and Amanda, respectively, to Elyot. Also, Victor and Elyot to Amanda.



* SlapSlapKiss - Amanda and Elyot's relationship, and late Sybol and Victor's.

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* SlapSlapKiss - Amanda and Elyot's relationship, and late Sybol Sybil and Victor's.
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Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners by [[NoelCoward Noël Coward]]. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other.

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* BettyAndVeronica - Sybol and Amanda, respectively, to Elyot. Also, Victor and Elyot to Amanda.
* DatingDoSiDo - the point of the play
* GenteelInterbellumSetting - like most of Coward's plays
* TheMissusAndTheEx
* SlapSlapKiss - Amanda and Elyot's relationship, and late Sybol and Victor's.
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