Overview

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.

Top Cast

Margaret Leighton

Florence Lancaster

A

Alan Melville

Pawnie

Patrick Barr

David Lancaster

Jennifer Daniel

Helen Saville

Richard Warwick

Nicky Lancaster

F

Felicity Gibson

Bunty Mainwaring

B

Barry Justice

Tom Veryan

N

Nancie Jackson

Clara Hibbert

David McKail

Bruce Fairlight

P

Patricia Mort

Preston