Design For Living

A classic story from Noël Coward, one of England's most celebrated playwrights. Gilda, Otto, and Leo are three young expatriates entangled in a deeply symbiotic love affair. But as emotional allegiances shift continually between them, they learn that the only certainty they share is change itself.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Michelle Arthur as Miss Hodge/Grace Torrence

Claire Forlani as Gilda Farrell

Thomas Hildreth as Mr. Birbeck/Henry Carver/Mathew

Tim Monsion as Earnest Friedman

Sarah Rafferty as Helen Carver

Douglas Weston as Otto Sylvus

Hamish Linklater as Leo Mercuré

Directed by Michael Hackett. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in November of 2003.