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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462804903321

Autore

Coward Noel <1899-1973.>

Titolo

Present indicative [[electronic resource] /] / Noel Coward, with an introduction by Sheridan Morley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Methuen Drama, 2012

ISBN

1-283-85363-9

1-4081-9077-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Biography and Autobiography

Altri autori (Persone)

MorleySheridan <1941-2007.>

Disciplina

822.912

822/.912

Soggetti

Dramatists, English - 20th century

Actors - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Present Indicative; PART ONE; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; PART TWO; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; PART THREE; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; PART FOUR; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; PART FIVE; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; PART SIX; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; PART SEVEN; 1; 2; 3; PART EIGHT; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; PART NINE; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S

TU; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

""I was photographed naked on a cushion very early in life, an insane, toothless smile slitting my face and pleats of fat overlapping me like an ill-fitting overcoat. Later, at the age of two, I was photographed again. This time in a lace dress, leaning against a garden roller and laughing hysterically. If these photographs can be found they will adorn this book."" Thus begins the life story of one of the most celebrated characters in British theatrical history, in the first of Coward''s autobiographies, first published in 1937. Displaying an early dedication to the theatre, Present Indicative