- This article is about the play. For the film of the same name, see Design for Living (film)
Design for Living is a comedy play written by
Noël Coward in 1932. It concerns a trio of artistic characters, Gilda, Otto and Leo, and their complicated three-way relationship. Originally written to star
Lynn Fontanne,
Alfred Lunt and Coward, it was premiered on Broadway, partly because its risqué subject matter was thought unacceptable to the
official censor in London. It was not until 1939 that a London production was presented.
