The letters of Noël Coward / edited and with commentary by Barry Day.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973.

Contributor:

Day, Barry.

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973--Correspondence.

Coward, Noël.

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973.

Dramatists, English--20th century--Correspondence.

Dramatists, English.

Actors--Great Britain--Correspondence.

Actors.

Families.

Friends and associates.

Great Britain.

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973--Friends and associates.

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973--Family.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Biographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

xii, 780 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Contents:

Part 1 "Beginners, Please!"

1 The Boy Actor 13

2 "I Like America" 54

3 "Dance, Dance, Dance, Little Lady" 68

Intermission: Dab and Lornie 88

4 The Vortex 107

5 "Why Must the Show Go On?" 123

6 "I'm World Weary, World Weary" 134

Part 2 The Years of Grace

7 This Year of Grace! 149

8 "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" 166

Intermission: Gertrude Lawrence 178

9 Private Lives 209

Intermission: Play Parade 223

10 Cavalcade 262

11 Noel & Alfred & Lynn...and Their Design for Living 275

12 Conversation Piece...and Missing the Point 292

13 The Scoundrel...and Still Traveling Alone 308

Intermission: Marlene Dietrich 315

14 Tonight at 8:30 332

15 Operette...and Straws in the Wind 351

Part 3 Noel's War

16 World War II: "Twentieth Century Blues" 367

17 "Then Along Came Bill" 395

18 World War II: "Faraway Land" 418

19 World War II: "In Which We Serve" 427

20 World War II: "I Travel Alone" 482

Part 4 Shadow Play

21 Sigh Once More...and a Storm in the Pacific 513

22 The Fallow Forties 529

Intermission: A Quadrille...for Two 550

23 ...and the Fitful Fifties 565

24 Nescafe Society...and the Small Screen 584

25 Bubbles...and Nudes 610

26 A Different Sky...and a Look at Lulu 642

27 A Visit to "Greeneland"...via Havana 653

28 Wings...and Sails 661

Interimission: A Chatter of Chums 688

29 Girls...and Spirits 702

30 "Dad's Renaissance" 718

31 Songs at Twilight 728

32 Shadow of Evening 746

Permissions and Acknowledgments 755.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0375423036

9780375423031

OCLC:

122423814

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