"Noël and Gertie": Playwright wouldn't approve
Add a velvet smoking jacket and a satin gown to the basic ingredients of cocktail repartee, and you have the start of a Noël Coward play - or, in this case, a play about Noël Coward. Noël and Gertie, at the Walnut's Independence Studio on 3, attempts that old-timey savoir faire but mostly manages only old-timey.