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Noël Coward
Methuen Drama (A&C Black) is the exclusive publisher of Noël Coward's dramatic work in the English Language in the UK and Commonwealth.
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The Letters of Noël Coward
Diaries, Letters and Essays
Noël Coward
'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
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NEW - Now showing at the National Theatre, starring Alex Jennings:
Present Laughter
At the centre of his own universe sits matinee idol Garry Essendine: suave, hedonistic and too old, says his wife, to be having numerous affairs. His line in harmless, infatuated debutantes is largely tolerated but playing closer to home is not. Just before he escapes on tour to Africa the full extent of his misdemeanours is discovered. And all hell breaks loose.
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Collected Plays
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Coward Plays: 1:
Hay Fever; The Vortex; Fallen Angels; Easy Virtue
Noël Coward
This first volume in the Coward Collection contains four plays written within a two year period when Coward and the century were still in their 20s.
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Coward Plays: 2:
Private Lives; Bitter-Sweet; The Marquise; Post-Mortem
Noël Coward
The plays in this volume demonstrate the extraordinary skill and versatility Coward's writing achieved in the late 1920s, including Private Lives.
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Coward Plays: 3
Design for Living; Cavalcade; Conversation Piece; Tonight at 8.30 9i)
Noël Coward
The third volume of Coward's plays contains some of his best work from the thirties.
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Coward Plays: 4
Blithe Spirit; Present Laughter; This Happy Breed; Tonight at 8.30 (ii)
Noël Coward
Volume Four of the Collection contains a selection of plays from the thirties and forties, including Blithe Spirit and Present Laughter.
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Coward Plays: 5
Relative Values; Look After Lulu; Waiting in the Wings; Suite in Three Keys
Noël Coward
The fifth volume in the Coward Collection, containing Coward's best work from the last two decades of his life, including Relative Values.
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Coward Plays: Six
Semi-Monde; Point Valaine; South Sea Bubble
Noël Coward
The sixth volume in the Coward Collection, including Semi-Monde.
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Coward Plays: Seven
Quadrille; 'Peace in Our Time'; Tonight at 8.30 (iii)
Noël Coward
The Seventh Coward volume, including four pieces from the Tonight at 8.30 sequence.
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Coward Plays: 8
I'll Leave it to You , The Young Idea, This Was a Man
Noël Coward
This anthology contains three of Coward's early play, including the first of Coward's to ever be produced and one banned for "facetious adultery".
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Single Play Editions
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Blithe Spirit
Noël Coward
Written in 1841, Blithe Spirit remained the longest-running comedy in the history of the British theatre. Plotted around the central role of a spirit medium Madame Arcati, this play is an escapist comedy about relationships on both sides of the grave.
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Hay Fever
Noël Coward
A comedy of bad manners which starts with the arrival of four guests, invited by different members of the Bliss family for a weekend at their country house.
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Private Lives
Noël Coward
Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne, divorced from one another five years previously, arrive coincidentally at the same French hotel. They are both honeymooning with their respective new spouses, but find that the old bond between them cannot be swept aside.
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Semi-Monde
Noël Coward
Written in 1926 and originally entitled Ritz Bar, Semi-Monde was considered too daring for its time. A visually daring comedy that provides a metaphor for Coward's own sexuality.
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Star Quality
Noël Coward
Published to tie-in with the world premiere of Noël Coward's forgotten play in 2001, this version of Star Quality is adapted from Coward's unpublished play and his short story of the same name.
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The Vortex
Noël Coward
In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the Cocktail Party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was more usually turned towards the light.
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Autobiographies
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Present Indicative
The First Autobiography of Noel Coward
Noël Coward
The first volume of Coward's autobiography. Displaying an early dedication to the theatre, it hints at the success that would come to Coward as actor, playwright, novelist and performer, and is punctuated with his trademark effervescent wit.
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Future Indefinite
Noël Coward
The second part of the autobiography of one of the most astonishing characters in British theatrical history.
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Miscellaneous
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The Complete Lyrics Of Noel Coward
Noël Coward
Includes over 200 newly found lyrics. This is the first time that the complete lyrics of Noël Coward have been published together. Includes sheet music, programmes and photos from original productions.
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Complete Lyrics of Noel Coward
Noël Coward
Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Don't Put your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs Worthington and over 250 more lyrics from Coward's musical masterpieces. Paperback edition.
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Coward Revue Sketches
Noël Coward
In the 1920s and 1930s, Noël Coward mastered and defined the art of the revue sketch, short and often topical or satirical stage pieces. This volume collects Coward's best and most witty pieces.
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Noel Coward Collected Short Stories
Noël Coward
This one-volume edition contains the complete collection of Coward's twenty short stories, spanning fifty years of his working life.
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Noel Coward Autobiography
Noël Coward
Noël Coward was one of the most celebrated characters in British theatrical history, with a career that spanned almost sixty years as a writer, actor, producer and director.
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Pomp and Circumstance
Noël Coward
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