LEADER 03692nam 2200565 450 001 9910465412303321 005 20170821190956.0 010 $a1-4081-4768-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000222784 035 $a(EBL)1769090 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001378809 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11916516 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001378809 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11350713 035 $a(PQKB)10419056 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1769090 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000222784 100 $a20140830h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe letters of Noe?l Coward /$fedited by Barry Day 210 1$aLondon, England ;$aNew York, New York :$cBloomsbury Methuen Drama,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (797 p.) 225 1 $aDiaries, Letters and Essays 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-06403-2 311 $a1-4081-0675-2 327 $aCover; 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. Noe?l & Alfred & Lynn . . . and Their Design for Living; 12. Conversation Piece . . . and Missing the Point 327 $a13. The Scoundrel . . . and Still Traveling AloneINTERMISSION: MARLENE DIETRICH; 14. Tonight at 8:30; 15. Operette . . . and Straws in the Wind; PART THREE: NOE?L'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. Nescafe? Society . . . and the Small Screen 327 $a25. 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 330 $a''A uniquely charming and enticing journey through a remarkable life. Coward''s own record is made all the more delightful by the wise and helpful interpolations of Barry Day, the soundest authority on the Master that there is.'' Stephen Fry ''Precise, witty, remarkably observed and gloriously English'' Dame Judi Dench ''Barry Day''s analysis is both perceptive and irresistible'' Lord Richard Attenborough With virtually all the letters in this volume previously unpublished - this is a revealing new insight into the private life of a legendary figure. Coward''s multi-faceted talent as an a 410 0$aDiaries, Letters and Essays 606 $aDramatists, English$y20th century$vCorrespondence 606 $aActors$zGreat Britain$vCorrespondence 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDramatists, English 615 0$aActors 676 $a822.912 702 $aDay$b Barry 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465412303321 996 $aThe letters of Noe?l Coward$92067279 997 $aUNINA