The No?l Coward Reader by Sir Noel Coward

The No?l Coward Reader by Sir Noel Coward

The No l Coward Reader offers a wonderfully wide-ranging selection--the first of its kind--of the best of the Master's oeuvre, entertainingly annotated and abundantly illustrated, and including material that has never before been published.

Here are scenes from Coward's famous plays, from Private Lives to Blithe Spirit, and his screenplays, from Brief Encounter to In Which We Serve. Here are four of his best short stories, scenes from his only novel, and a generous selection of his verse, alongside the lyrics of many of his most sublime songs, including Mad Dogs and Englishmen, The Stately Homes of England, and Mad About the Boy. The No l Coward Reader is a must-have book both for those who adore his work and for those who are just discovering the many-faceted delights of his comic genius.

Noel Coward was a professional actor by the age of 10. In 1920, he starred in his own play, I'll Leave it to You. His first major hit was The Vortex, and his success continued throughout the 1920s and 1930s with plays including Hay Fever, Private Lives, and Design for Living. During World War II, he wrote the patriotic screenplay In Which We Serve, for which he won an Oscar, as well as scripting the classic film Brief Encounter and entertaining the nation with the black comedy Blithe Spirit. After the war, Coward added a new string to his bow as a cabaret singer, as well as continuing to write musicals and plays. In all, Coward wrote 40 plays, 300 songs, and numerous poems, short stories, and films. He was knighted in 1970, and died in Jamaica in 1973.

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ISBN 13	9780307273376
ISBN 10	0307273377
Title	The No?l Coward Reader
Author	Sir Noel Coward
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2010-10-12
Number of pages	596
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