Collected plays / Noël Coward ; introduced by Sheridan Morley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973.

Contributor:

Morley, Sheridan, 1941-2007.

Series:

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973. Selections (Methuen Publishing Ltd.) Works.

The Coward collection

Methuen world classics

Standardized Title:

Plays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--20th century.

English drama.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

volumes ; 20 cm.

Edition:

Special edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Methuen, 1999-

Summary:

'I'll Leave It To You' and The Young Idea, the first of Coward's plays ever to be produced, were, as he said, 'enthusiastically acclaimed by the critics and ran five weeks and eight weeks respectively. In both of them I appeared with the utmost determination.' 'This Was a Man', a slightly later play, was written in 1926, after the successes which made his name. It was originally banned by the Lord Chamberlain 'for facetious adultery'. The volume is introduced by Sheridan Morley, Coward's first biographer.

Contents:

1. Hay fever ; The vortex ; Fallen angels ; Easy virtue

2. Private lives ; Bitter-sweet ; The marquise ; Post-mortem

3. Design for living ; Cavalcade ; Conversation piece ; and from Tonight at 8.30: Hands across the sea ; Still life ; Fumed oak

4. Blithe spirit ; Present laughter ; This happy breed ; and from Tonight at 8.30 Ways and means ; The astonished heart ; "Red peppers"

5. Relative values ; Look after Lulu! ; Waiting in the wings ; Suite in three keys

6. Semi-monde ; Point Valaine ; South sea bubble ; Nude with violin

7. Quadrille ; "Peace in our time" ; and from Tonight at 8.30: We were dancing ; Shadow play ; Family album ; Star chamber

8. "I'll leave it to you" ; The young idea ; "This was a man"

9. Salute to the brave/time remembered ; Long Island sound ; Volcano ; Age cannot wither ; Design for rehearsing.

Notes:

"Reissued with ... revised introduction and chronology"--T.p. verso (v. 1-5).

"This special edition is published to mark the centenary of Noël Coward's birth"--Page 4 of cover.

Other Format:

Online version: Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. Plays. Collected plays.

ISBN:

0413460606

9780413460608

0413460800

9780413460806

0413461009

9780413461001

0413461203

9780413461209

0413517403

9780413517401

0413734102

9780413734105

0413734005

9780413734006

041375510X

9780413755100

9781350041325

OCLC:

45191476