Noël Coward Collected Plays: One: Hay Fever: the Vortex: Fallen Angels: Easy Virtue : Introduced By Sheridan Morley

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coward, Noel

Series:

World classics.

World Classics

Standardized Title:

Plays

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Special ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Methuen, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This first volume in the Coward Collection contains four plays written within a two year period when Coward and the century were still in their 20s. The volume is introduced by Sheridan Morley, Coward's first biographer. Hay Fever , a comedy of bad manners, concerns a weekend with friends of the Bliss family, who have all been invited independently for a weekend at their country house near Maidenhead. The Vortex was a controversial drama in its time, introducing drug-addiction onto the stage at a time when alcoholism was barely mentioned. Fallen Angels , which is written for two star actresses

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; HAY FEVER; ACT I; ACT I; ACT TWO; ACT TWO; ACT III; ACT III; THE VORTEX; ACT I; ACT II; ACT III; FALLEN ANGELS; ACT I; ACT II; ACT III; EASY VIRTUE; ACT I; ACT II; ACT III

Notes:

Preliminaries and Introduction omitted. The following plays have been taken from this source: Hay Fever The Vortex Fallen Angels Easy Virtue.

ISBN:

9781408162194

1408162199

9781283706223

1283706229

9781408177310

1408177315