PlayComedy One ActOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 30, 1936
Closing Date
Mar 09, 1937
PlayComedy One ActOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
This production was composed of the following shows: Ways and Means, Family Album, Still Life
This production played in repertory with Tonight at 8:30, Tonight at 8:30
Theatres
National Theatre
(Nov 30, 1936 - Mar 09, 1937)
Comments
118 performances for all three evenings that made up Tonight at 8:30. This production was on layoff Feb. 28 through March 7, 1937 due to Noël Coward's illness; the production resumed performances on March 8, with the aim of closing on March 27, but closed early on March 9 due to Coward's health.

Ways and Means

Category: Play, Comedy, One Act, Original, Broadway
Setting: Bedroom in the Lloyd-Ransomes' House, Villa Zephyre, Côte d'Azur.
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Produced by John C. Wilson
Written by Noël Coward
Staged by Noël Coward
Scenic Design by Gladys E. Calthrop
Conducted by John L. McManus
Joyce Carey
Nanny
Kenneth Carten
Gaston
Noël Coward
Toby Cartwright
Gertrude Lawrence
Stella Cartwright
Moya Nugent
Princess Elena Krassiloff
Anthony Pelissier
Murdoch
Joan Swinstead
Olive Lloyd-Ransome
Edward Underdown
Stevens
Alan Webb
Lord Chapworth
"Chaps"

Family Album

Category: Play, Comedy, Play with music, One Act, Original, Broadway
Setting: The Drawing Room of the Featherways' House in Kent in the Autumn in the Year 1860.
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Produced by John C. Wilson
Written by Noël Coward
Staged by Noël Coward
Scenic Design by Gladys E. Calthrop
Conducted by John L. McManus
Noël Coward
Jasper Featherways
Gertrude Lawrence
Jane
Joyce Carey
Lavinia Featherways
Kenneth Carten
Edward Valance
Moya Nugent
Emily Valance
Anthony Pelissier
Charles Winter
Joan Swinstead
Harriet Winter
Edward Underdown
Richard Featherways
Alan Webb
Burrows

Still Life

Category: Play, One Act, Original, Broadway
Setting: Refreshment Room of Milford Junction Station.
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Produced by John C. Wilson
Written by Noël Coward
Staged by Noël Coward
Scenic Design by Gladys E. Calthrop
Conducted by John L. McManus
Noël Coward
Alec Harvey
Gertrude Lawrence
Laura Jesson
Joyce Carey
Myrtle Bagot
Kenneth Carten
Stanley
Betty Hare
Mildred
Moya Nugent
Beryl Waters
Anthony Pelissier
Johnnie
Charles Peters
Young Man
Joan Swinstead
Dolly Messiter
Edward Underdown
Bill
Alan Webb
Albert Godby
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