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Trevor Nunn's 'Easy Virtue': Wit Meets Emotional Depth

2/26/2026

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Story summary

Trevor Nunn, the director, directs a production of Noël Coward's Easy Virtue, highlighting the playwright's wit and emotional depth.
The play unfolds in a drawing-room and follows Larita, a modern heroine navigating a stifling family dynamic.
Greta Scacchi, the actress, portrays the horrified matriarch discovering her son's marriage to a divorcee.
The production highlights marriage and societal expectations through repartee, foreshadowing the emotional complexity in Coward's later Private Lives.

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Story summary

Trevor Nunn, the director, directs a production of Noël Coward's Easy Virtue, highlighting the playwright's wit and emotional depth.
The play unfolds in a drawing-room and follows Larita, a modern heroine navigating a stifling family dynamic.
Greta Scacchi, the actress, portrays the horrified matriarch discovering her son's marriage to a divorcee.
The production highlights marriage and societal expectations through repartee, foreshadowing the emotional complexity in Coward's later Private Lives.