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Noël Coward. 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". [1]
Noël Coward (1899-1973) Noël Coward. Noel Coward virtually invented the concept of Englishness for the 20th century. An astounding polymath - dramatist, actor, writer, composer, lyricist, painter, and wit -- he was defined by his Englishness as much as he defined it. He was indeed the first Brit pop star, the first ambassador of "cool Britannia."
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- Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
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- Blue Harbor, Jamaica
The Master. Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, producer, 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". Learn more about one of the most important artists of the ...
Noël Coward. Writer: In Which We Serve. Noel Coward virtually invented the concept of Englishness for the 20th century. An astounding polymath - dramatist, actor, writer, composer, lyricist, painter, and wit -- he was defined by his Englishness as much as he defined it. He was indeed the first Brit pop star, the first ambassador of "cool Britannia." Even before his 1924 drugs-and-sex scandal ...
- Writer, Actor, Composer
- March 26, 1973
- December 16, 1899
Noël Coward (1960) - Aged 61. Born in 1899, Noël Coward was raised as a working class boy in the London suburb of Teddington. His father was a travelling piano salesman and the family finances were often poor. His mother later ran a boarding house on the outskirts of Belgravia, London. From a young age Coward possessed a natural intelligence ...
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One of the 9 plays in Tonight at 8:30. This Happy Breed (1943) Brief Encounter (1945) Based on Coward's short play Still Life. Blithe Spirit (1945) Pretty Polly, UK/A Matter of Innocence, US (1967) Based on Coward’s short story Pretty Polly Barlow. Relative Values (2000)
Mar 21, 2023 · Fifty years after the death of Noël Coward, it is worth asking whether, as a playwright, he still speaks to us today. You might have thought that his world had faded but the truth is that between ...