Two wives, one French lover, zero husbands — Noel Coward's champagne-fueled chaos in miniature.
Two men go off on a golfing trip, leaving their wives to amuse themselves as best they can. The wives each receive a postcard from Maurice Duclos, a former lover both had before their marriages.
Acting
Joan Collins and Susannah York trading barbed glances like Olympic sport.
Writing
Coward's dialogue so sharp you'll need stitches — every line weaponized.
Director
Donald McWhinnie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of ABC's 'Armchair Theatre' series, shot on video in a single studio set — the theatrical claustrophobia is deliberate, not budgetary.
Coward wrote this in 1925; the 1974 adaptation keeps the interwar setting, making the wives' sexual freedom feel both radical and safely historical.
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