Overview
The only period comedy written by Noel Coward. France, 1736. Two distinguished families are celebrating the engagement of their children. The young couple are putting on a brave face, but neither is happy. Adrienne, daughter of the Compte, is secretly in love with her father's penniless secretary, while Miguel, the Duke's son, has lost his heart to a dancer in Paris. An unexpected visitor arrives on the scene.
Cast
- Diana Rigg as The Marquise Eloise
- Richard Johnson as Count Raoul de Vriac
- James Villiers as Duke Esteban
- Mary Chilton as Adrienne
- Daniel Chatto as Miguel