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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465412303321

Titolo

The letters of Noël Coward / / edited by Barry Day

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4081-4768-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (797 p.)

Collana

Diaries, Letters and Essays

Disciplina

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; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Preface; PART ONE: "BEGINNERS, PLEASE!"; 1. The Boy Actor; 2. "I Like America"; 3. "Dance, Dance, Dance, Little Lady"; INTERMISSION: DAB AND LORNIE; 4. The Vortex; 5. "Why Must the Show Go On?"; 6. "I'm World Weary, World Weary"; PART TWO: THE YEARS OF GRACE; 7. This Year of Grace!; 8. "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"; INTERMISSION: GERTRUDE LAWRENCE; 9. Private Lives; INTERMISSION: PLAY PARADE; 10. Cavalcade; 11. Noël & Alfred & Lynn . . . and Their Design for Living; 12. Conversation Piece . . . and Missing the Point

13. The Scoundrel . . . and Still Traveling AloneINTERMISSION: MARLENE DIETRICH; 14. Tonight at 8:30; 15. Operette . . . and Straws in the Wind; PART THREE: NOËL'S WAR; 16. World War II: "Twentieth Century Blues"; 17. "Then Along Came Bill"; 18. World War II: "Faraway Land"; 19. World War II: "In Which We Serve"; 20. World War II: "I Travel Alone"; PART FOUR: SHADOW PLAY; 21. Sigh Once More . . . and a Storm in the Pacific; 22. The Fallow Forties; INTERMISSION: A QUADRILLE . . . FOR TWO; 23. . . . and the Fitful Fifties; 24. Nescafé Society . . . and the Small Screen

25. Bubbles . . . and Nudes26. A Different Sky . . . and a Look at Lulu; 27. A Visit to "Greeneland" . . . via Havana; 28. Wings . . . and Sails; INTERMISSION: A CHATTER OF CHUMS; 29. Girls . . . and Spirits; 30.



"Dad's Renaissance"; 31. Songs at Twilight; 32. Shadow of Evening; Permissions and Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

''A uniquely charming and enticing journey through a remarkable life. Coward''s own record is made all the more delightful by the wise and helpful interpolations of Barry Day, the soundest authority on the Master that there is.'' Stephen Fry  ''Precise, witty, remarkably observed and gloriously English'' Dame Judi Dench    ''Barry Day''s analysis is both perceptive and irresistible'' Lord Richard Attenborough  With virtually all the letters in this volume previously unpublished - this is a revealing new insight into the private life of a legendary figure. Coward''s multi-faceted talent as an a