The Vortex

In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the cocktail party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was usually more turned towards the light.

Directed by Philip Dudley

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Cast

Margaret Leighton

Florence Lancaster

Alan Melville

Pawnie

Patrick Barr

David Lancaster

Jennifer Daniel

Helen Saville

Richard Warwick

Nicky Lancaster

Felicity Gibson

Bunty Mainwaring

Barry Justice

Tom Veryan

Nancie Jackson

Clara Hibbert

David McKail

Bruce Fairlight

Patricia Mort

Preston

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