A Song at Twilight (1974)

Written by Noël Coward
Directed by Vivian Matalon
Cast: Anne Baxter, Thom Christopher, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy

Hilde Latymer, Sir Hugo's former secretary and for nearly twenty years his wife, discusses literary business by telephone. Hugo joins her and displays signs of nervousness at the impending arrival of Carlotta. He explains to Hilde that his affair with Carlotta "lasted exactly two years and we parted in a blaze of mutual acrimony".