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Sep 7, 2015 · The actor and playwright Noel Coward came to epitomise debonair Englishness. It was an image he worked on starting with his early stage successes in the 1920s. But by 1955 Coward's career and...
Mar 22, 2023 · Despite a postwar slump – no one can define two consecutive generations – Coward saw his renaissance in the 1960s. In many ways he is the archetypal English success: he began as a revolutionary and ended hosting the Queen Mother.
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If there is an image of Englishness it resolves itself into the person of Noel Coward, indeed it has often been said that Coward invented the concepts of Englishness. Born on 16th December 1899 in England, Coward started his professional acting career at just age 12, and was rarely out of the spotlight for the remainder of his life, for there was l...
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English did not so much celebrate themselves as identify with the projects – the ‘mission’ – they were, as it were providentially, called upon to carry out in the world. This did not lessen the extent of self-importance; but it gave it a characteristically different form from that expressed in classic nationalism.
Noël Coward was an extraordinarily prolific playwright, lyricist, and composer, writing more than fifty plays and musicals during his lifetime. He did not limit his literary endeavors solely to ...
To several generations, actor, playwright, songwriter, and filmmaker, Noël Coward (1899-1973) was the very personification of wit, glamour, and elegance. His biographer, Philip Hoare, given unprecedented access to the private papers and correspondence of Coward family members, compatriots, and numerous lovers, has produced the definitive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most ...
Sep 24, 2012 · Art & Photography In Pictures. Sir Noel Coward has often been credited with the invention of Englishness – or at least insofar as its 20th century identity is concerned. The beloved playwright, composer, director and singer defined a cultural generation...
