The Astonished Heart (film) The Astonished Heart (film) The Astonished Heart is a 1950 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, and Margaret Leighton, and is based on Coward's play "The Astonished Heart" from his cycle of ten plays, "". Inspired by the great success of the 1945 film "Brief Encounter", which also had been adapted from "Tonight at 8:30", Coward agreed to have "The Astonished Heart" produced as a motion picture. As with the previous film, Coward also wrote the screenplay. Production began in 1949 and featured not only Noël Coward in one of his rare film
Red Peppers by Anthony Pelissier, Coward adapted "Ways and Means", "Red Peppers" and "Fumed Oak" (the film was called "Tonight at 8:30" in the US) In addition to the 1991 BBC series, television adaptations of "Red Peppers" were released in 1937, 1938, 1958 and 1969. In 1954, Otto Preminger directed a "Producers' Showcase" television production of "Shadow Play", "Still Life" and "Red Peppers" (featuring Martyn Green and Ginger Rogers). Red Peppers Red Peppers is a short comic play by Noël Coward, one of the ten plays that make up "", a cycle written to be performed across three evenings. In the introduction