It's curious when a novel and a person connect, and one seems empty. Does that emptiness always belong to the book? Noël Coward portrays “Tony,” a publisher who holds himself in high regard and is attended by people who aren’t particularly invested in him—he certainly isn’t in them. Even those closest to him are just tools for his success. His world shifts when he encounters "Cora" (Julie Haydon), whose straightforwa…