02828nam 2200577 450 991046343900332120200520144314.01-4725-3796-3(CKB)2670000000491098(EBL)1577981(SSID)ssj0000884285(PQKBManifestationID)11436325(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000884285(PQKBWorkID)10945295(PQKB)11213108(MiAaPQ)EBC1577981(Au-PeEL)EBL1577981(CaPaEBR)ebr10865779(CaONFJC)MIL603479(OCoLC)865334724(EXLCZ)99267000000049109820140509h19991982 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCoward the playwright /by John LahrLondon, England ;New York, New York :Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,1999.©19821 online resource (198 p.)Biography and AutobiographyDescription based upon print version of record.0-413-48050-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; WYA 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 BaBiography and AutobiographyDramaTechniqueElectronic books.DramaTechnique.822/.912Lahr John1941-166727MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463439003321Coward the playwright2469539UNINA