The Vortex (stage play)

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"The Vortex" is a 1924 stage play by Noël Coward, best known as a sharp social comedy about scandal, addiction, and sexual hypocrisy in upper-class British society.

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instanceOf comedy-drama
stage play
adaptationMedium film
adaptedAs The Vortex (1928 film)
author Noël Coward
broadwayDebutCity New York City
broadwayDebutYear 1925
censorshipStatusAtPremiere subject to Lord Chamberlain scrutiny
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Bunty Mainwaring
Florence Lancaster
Nicky Lancaster
Pauncefort Quentin
Tom Veryan
firstDirector Noël Coward
firstProducer Lilian Braithwaite
genre comedy
drama
social comedy
hasRevival multiple West End revivals
helpedEstablishReputationOf Noël Coward
historicalContext interwar period in Britain
isPartOf Noël Coward theatrical canon
mainTheme addiction
cocaine use
drug abuse
marital infidelity
mother–son relationship
narcissism
scandal
sexual hypocrisy
upper-class British society
notableFor controversial depiction of drug addiction
frank treatment of sexual themes
satire of upper-class manners
originalCastingIncluded Noël Coward in the role of Nicky Lancaster
originalLanguage English
premiereCity London
linked to: London, England
premiereCountry United Kingdom
premiereLocation Everyman Theatre, Hampstead
setting London high society
structure three-act play
subjectOf literary criticism on interwar British theatre
timePeriodOfSetting 1920s
writer Noël Coward
yearOfPremiere 1924
yearWritten 1924

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James Dreyfus notableWork The Vortex (stage play)
Viola Tree notableWork The Vortex (stage performances)
linked to: The Vortex (stage play)