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5 days ago · Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".
3 days ago · Noel Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer best known for highly polished comedies of manners. Among his notable plays were Bitter Sweet, Private Lies, Tonight at Eight-thirty, Present Laughter, and Blithe Spirit.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
7 hours ago · Along with Noël Coward, Terence Rattigan and Somerset Maugham, his work was swept aside by the theatrical revolution of the “Angry Young Men” at the Royal Court led by John Osborne.
5 days ago · The Vortex by Noël Coward Yes, everyone thinks about the frothy farces Private Lives and Blithe Spirit when Sir Noël Coward's name comes up, but here's the one that made his reputation.
- Andy Propst
1 day ago · Noël Coward is a London favorite and his “Private Lives” received two major revivals here in 2023 alone. ... Tara Fitzgerald in “A Song at Twilight,” one of the three plays that make up ...
2 days ago · Fleming favoured either David Niven, Moore or his cousin, Christopher Lee, with his neighbour in Jamaica, Noel Coward, as Dr No, all of whom were deemed unsuitable for one reason or another. In fact Coward himself turned down the part, famously sending a telegraph to the producers which simply read: "Dr.
3 days ago · The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction (and occasionally stage plays) also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary ...
