On Acting: Toby Stephens

Toby Stephens smiles in front of horizontal striped wall paper a black lamp and a small plant.

Private Lives

Noël Coward

Gielgud Theatre

Directed by Jonathan Kent

Elyot Chase is an impulsive, funny, erratic, passionate man. Toby Stephens reveals how he gets under his skin in performance.

Production duration: 15 min 29 sec

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