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Design for Murder: Noel Coward

Did British theatre great Noel Coward turn detective before the war? Murder mystery with Malcolm Sinclair and Eleanor Bron.

Actor, playwright, songwriter, director and star - Noel Coward never quite added sleuth to his astonishing achievements.

But just before the war with Hitler, there's a gap in his memoirs.

Is there a murder mystery within those days...?

Starring Malcolm Sinclair and Eleanor Bron.

Marcy Kahan’s mystery about a highly improbable and flamboyant amateur detective.

Noel Coward ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Lorn Loraine ...... Eleanor Bron
Winifrid Ashton ...... Krisin Milward
Cole Lesley ...... Tam Williams
Edward Shale ...... Nicholas Boulton
Judith Christopher/Greta Cunningham ...... Gemma Saunders
Tony Morrell ...... Joe Dunlop
Hoskins ...... Don McCorkindale

Piano: Neil Brand

Director: Ned Chaillet

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 2000.

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