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Lahr John <1941-> |
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Coward the playwright / / by John Lahr |
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London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 1999 |
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©1982 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (198 p.) |
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Collana |
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Biography and Autobiography |
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Drama - Technique |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Noël Coward: Chronology; Introduction: Impresario of Himself; 1 The Politics of Charm; The Young Idea; The Vortex; Easy Virtue; Present Laughter; 2 Comedies of Bad Manners; Hay Fever; Private Lives; Design for Living; Hands Across the Sea; 3 'Savonarola in Evening Dress'?; Cavalcade; This Happy Breed; In Which We Serve; 4 Ghosts in the Fun Machine; Blithe Spirit; Relative Values; Nude with Violin; 5 Parting Shots; Waiting in the Wings; A Song at Twilight; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A reissue in hardback of critic John Lahr's famous 1982 study of Noël Coward's plays. ""Noël Coward,"" said Terence Rattigan, ""is simply a phenomenon, and one that is unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history."" A phenomenon he certainly was, and it is part of John Lahr's purpose in this book to show how that phenomenon called ""Noël Coward"" was largely Coward's own careful creation. Lahr's penetrating critical study of Coward's drama investigates all the major and minor plays of ""The Master"". Private Lives, Design for Living and Hay Fever make a fascinating group of ""Comedies of Ba |
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