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6 days ago · Noël Coward. At ease with the world, or at least with himself. Noël Coward famously said that he had “a talent to amuse.”. But his talents were far more extensive. He was a playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, director, painter and wit. And for this column, he also qualifies as a versatile poet: technically adept with rhyming ...
5 hours ago · In his long career Coward wrote over 60 plays, including arguably his most famous works Blithe Spirit and Private Lives, and some 500 songs notable for their witty lyrics. He co-wrote and co-directed the WWII drama In Which We Serve with his good friend David Lean, and was nominated for an Oscar for writing the 1945 classic romance Brief ...
Apr 22, 2024 · By John Simon. An even more delightful surprise is Waiting in the Wings, Noël Coward’s fiftieth play (1960), an undeserved flop then and a greatly deserving revival now. Somewhat diminished...
Apr 19, 2024 · Noël Coward grew up in poverty and left school at age 9. He was queer in a very straight world. And yet by the age of 30, he was the highest paid writer in the world and a star on the Broadway stage. Coward wrote, directed and acted in plays and movies including Private Lives, Blithe Spirit, Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve.
4 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".
May 2, 2024 · Brief Encounter. Noël Coward spent a good deal of time travelling by sea, often scribbling as he sailed. He wrote much of the operetta Bitter Sweet (1929) on ocean liners, and set his 1961 ...
Apr 20, 2024 · The definitive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated and controversial dramatists. To several generations, actor, playwright, songwriter, and filmmaker Noël Coward (1899-1973) was the very personification of wit, glamour, and elegance. Given unprecedented access to the private papers and correspondence of Coward family ...
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