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- Hearts of the World (1918)
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Famous quotes by Noel Coward:
"People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it."
"Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs"
"I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop."
"Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade"
"My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself."
"I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me."
"Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on - not for looking at"
"If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday."
"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."
"Dance, dance, dance little lady, / Leave tomorrow behind."
"I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage."
"Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others."
"The higher the building the lower the morals."
"My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough."
"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is."
"Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed."
"Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation."
"Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again."
"I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday."
"I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop."
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- Parisian Pierrot
- Poor Little Rich Girl
- A Room With a View
- Dance, Little Lady
- Lorelei
- World Weary
- I'll See You Again - Private Lives (feat. Gertrude Lawrence)
- I'll See You Again - Act 1 Love Scene
- I'll See You Again - Act 2 Love Scene (including Someday I'll Find You)
- Half-Caste Woman
- Any Little Fish
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- Twentieth Century Blues
- Something to do With Spring
- Mad About the Boy
- The Party's Over Now
- Conversation Piece - Scene (feat. Yvonne Printemps) (including I'll Follow My Secret Heart)
- Mrs. Worthington
- I Travel Alone
- Most of Ev'ry Day
- Shadow Play - Scene (feat. Gertrude Lawrence)
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Ladies and Gentlemen
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Overture
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. The scene is laid in Brighton by the sea
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Good morning, Rose
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. A cloud has passed across the sun
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Go and dress
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. You ask me to have a discrete heart
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. I'll follow my secret heart
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. The Marquis of Sheere
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. It is a very nice day, is it not?
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. The Regent and his retinue
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Regency rakes
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Mademoiselle will be with you in a moment
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Charming! Charming! Charming!
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Soldiers!
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. The mother and father of dear Lord Sheere
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. I am the Duchess of Beneden
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. We British are an island race
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Imagine a summer evening if you please
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Through the darkening trees comes a lady in green
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. My dear Julia!
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. Bows are exchanged
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act One. The seventh!
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Once more the house, so modest, so discreet
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. The tree is in the garden
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. There's a lady downstairs to see you
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Do you think that is wise?
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Julia, Lord Sheere is our only definite proposal so far
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. I'll follow my secret heart
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. The melody that follows
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Whimsical Fate
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Please try to envisage a social occasion
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. What a charming house
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Dear friends
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Thank you, my dear, for being so sweet to me
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. C'est assez mensonge
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. For the benefit of listeners
- Conversation Piece (1951), musical: Act Two. Well - I hope you are satisfied
- Play, Orchestra, Play
- A Room With a View
- A Bar on the Piccola Marina
- Poor Little Rich Girl
- Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage Mrs. Worthington
- Dance Little Lady
- We Were So Young
- I'll See You Again
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- The Stately Homes of England
- Could You Please Oblige Us With a Bren Gun?
- London Pride
- Matelot
- Something to Do With Spring
- Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
- Where Are the Songs We Sung?
- Gypsy Melody
- Dearest Love
- Fare Thee Well
- World Weary
- Overture: Medley from "Conversation Piece"
- Le Petit Giradere
- I'll Follow My Secret Heart
- Crossing the Chanel
- Brighton: Melanie's House
- The Same, Later
- The Drawing Room
- A Carriage Ride
- Lady Julia's House
- An Aria at the Reception
- Reception
- Melanie's Aria
- Le Petit Giradere: Nevermore
- I'll Follow My Secret Heart (Reprise)
- I'll Follow My Secret Heart
- Regency Rakes
- Charming, Charming
- Dear Little Soldiers
- There's Always Something Fishy About the French
- English Lesson
- Nevermore
- I Like America
- Louisa
- Half-Caste Woman
- I Went to a Marvelous Party
- Time and Again
- Why Must the Show Go On
- New York (medley)
- What's Going to Happen to the Tots
- Sail Away
- Wait a Bit, Joe
- 20th Century Blues
- I Wonder What Happened to Him (Indian Army Officer)
- The Party's Over Now
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Songs from the Musicals (Joan Sutherland, Noël Coward, National Philharmonic Orchestra, feat. conductor Richard Bonynge)
Released 1999
Released 1999
- Conversation Piece: I'll Follow My Secret Heart
- Conversation Piece: Never More
- Conversation Piece: Melanie's Aria
- Conversation Piece: Charming, Charming
- Bitter Sweet: I'll See You Again
- Bitter Sweet: Zigeuner
- Operette: Dearest Love
- Operette: Where are the Songs We Sang
- Operette: Countess Mitzi
- After the Ball: I Knew that You Would be My Love
- Pacific 1860: Bright was the Day
- Bitter Sweet: This is a Changing World
- Medley: I'll See You Again
- Medley: Dance, Little Lady
- Medley: Poor Little Rich Girl
- Medley: A Room With a View
- Medley: Someday I'll Find You
- Medley: I'll Follow My Secret Heart
- Medley: If Love Were All
- Medley: Play, Orchestra Play
- Uncle Harry
- Loch Lomond (Traditional)
- A Bar on the Piccola Marina
- World Weary
- Nina (Includes "Begin the Beguine")
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- Matelot
- Alice Is at It Again
- A Room With a View
- Let's Do It - Cole Porter; Noel Coward
- I Like America
- Louisa
- Half-Caste Woman
- I Went to a Marvellous Party
- Time and Again
- Why Must the Show Go On
- What's Going to Happen to the Tots
- Sail Away
- Wait a Bit, Joe
- Twentieth Century Blues
- The Party's Over Now
- Overture
- If You Could Only Come With Me; I'll See You Again
- What Is Love?
- Ladies of the Town
- If Love Were All
- Dear Little Cafe
- Tokay
- Bonne Nuit, Merci; Kiss Me
- Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom
- Green Carnations
- Zigeuner
- Finale
- Medley
- Uncle Harry
- Loch Lomand
- A Bar on the Piccola Marina
- World Weary
- Nine / Begin the Beguine
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- Matelot
- Alice Is at It Again
- A Room With a View
- Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
- The Party's Over Now
- Mrs. Worthington
- World Weary
- Alice Is at It Again
- Some Day I'll Find You
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- Poor Little Rich Girl
- Uncle Henry
- I'll See You Again
- A Room With a View
- Time and Again
- There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner
- London Pride
- Where Are the Songs We Sung?
- The Stately Homes of England
- Let's Say Goodbye
- The Last Time I Saw Paris
- Could You Please Oblige Us With a Bren Gun?
- Dance, Little Lady
- Don't Lets Be Beastly to the Germans
- Half-Caste Woman
- Gypsy Melody
- Mrs Worthington
- Parisian Pierrot
- There's Life in the Old Girl Yet
- Poor Little Rich Girl
- I'll See You Again
- If Love Were All
- Zigeuner
- A Room With a View
- Dance, Little Lady
- I'll Follow My Secret Heart
- Regency Rakes
- There's Always Something Fishy About the French
- Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?
- You Were There
- Someday I'll Find You
- Dearest Love
- The Stately Homes of England
- London Pride
- Any Little Fish
- Mad About the Boy
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- The Party's Over Now
- Come to Me
- Sail Away
- Where Shall I Find Him?
- Beatnik Love Affair
- Later Than Spring
- The Passenger's Always Right
- Useless Useful Phrases
- Go Slow Johnny
- You're a Long, Long Way From America
- The Customer's Always Right
- Something Very Strange
- Don't Turn Away From Love
- Bronxville Darby and Joan
- When You Want Me
- Later Than Spring (reprise)
- Why Do the Wrong People Travel?
- Act 1: Intro / Carpathian National Anthem / My Family Tree
- Act 1: I've Been Invited to a Party
- Act 1: When Foreign Princes Come to Visit Us
- Act 1: Sir or Ma'Am
- Act 1: Soliloquies
- Act 1: Lonely
- Act 1: London Is a Little Bit of All Right / What Ho, Mrs. Brisket...
- Act 1: Here and Now
- Act 2: Coronation Chorale
- Act 2: How Do You Do, Middle Age?
- Act 2: Curt, Clear and Concise
- Act 2: The Coconut Girl
- Act 2: This Time It's True Love
- Act 2: I'll Remember Her
- His Excellency Regrets
- If I Were a Man / Uncle Harry
- Dear Madame Salvador / My Horse Has Cast a Shoe
- Bright Was the Day
- One, Two, Three / I Never Knew
- I Saw No Shadow
- Invitation to the Waltz
- I Wish I Wasn't Quite Such a Big Girl
- Pretty Little Bridesmaids / Mother's Lament
- This Is a Changing World
- Fumfumbolo
- This Is a Night for Lovers / The Toast Music / Finale
- Selection, Part 1
- Twin Soliloquies
- Finale / Some Enchanted Evening
- Selection, Part 2
- Overture
- Someday I'll Find You
- Mrs. Worthington
- Touring Days
- Parisian Pierrot
- Dance Little Lady
- Play, Orchestra, Play
- We Were Dancing
- You Were There
- Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?
- Men About Town
- I Travel Alone
- Sail Away
- Why Must the Show Go On
- Come the Wild, Wild Weather
- I'll Remember Her
- I'll See You Again
- Curtain Music
- Someday I'll Find You
- Any Little Fish
- Parisian Pierrot
- Dance Little Lady
- Private Lives
- A Room With a View
- Zigeuner
- I'll See You Again
- Poor Little Rich Girl
- Has Anyone Seen Our Ship
- Men About Town
- The Stately Homes of England
- You Were There
- We Were Dancing
- Most of Ev'ry Evening
- Sigh No More
- Mrs Worthington
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- London Pride
- Matelot
- Nina
- There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner
- The Party's Over Now
- Opening
- Medley - I'll See You Again, Someday I'll Find You, Let's Say Goodbye, I'll Follow My Secret Heart, I'll See You Again
- Lie in the Dark and Listen
- Fourth War Loan Drive
- Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans
- Closing - Any Bonds Today
- Opening - Someday I'll Find You
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- The Stately Homes of England
- London Pride
- His Excellency Regrets
- Where Are the Songs We Sung
- Nina
- Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans
- Mrs Worthington
- This Is a Changing World
- A Marvelous Party
- I Saw No Shadow on the Sea
- Uncle Harry
- Waltz Medley - I'll See You Again, Someday I'll Find You, Let's Say Goodbye, I'll Follow My Secret Heart, I'll See You Again
- Toast Speech From Cavalcade
- Closing Theme - I'll See You Again
- Sigh No More
- I Wonder What Happened to Him
- Matelot
- Nina
- Never Again
- Wait a Bit, Joe
- Bright Was the Day
- This Is a Changing World
- His Excellency Regrets
- One, Two, Three
- Uncle Harry
- I Never Knew
- I Saw No Shadow
- Josephine
- Don't Make Fun of the Fair
- Sail Away
- Noel Coward Medley, Part 1
- Noel Coward Medley, Part 2
- Why Does Love Get in the Way?
- I Like America
- Time and Again
- There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner
- Stately Homes of England
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- Mrs. Worthington
- A Room With a View
- Lover of My Dreams (Mirabelle Waltz)
- Poor Little Rich Girl
- We Were So Young
- Gypsy Melody
- Dance, Little Lady
- Just Let Me Look at You
- Something to Do With Spring
- Dearest Love
- Fare Thee Well
- Where Are the Songs We Sung?
- Half Caste Woman
- I'll See You Again
- Play, Orchestra, Play
- Poor Little Rich Girl / Zigeuner / Dear Little Cafe / The Call of Life / Tokay / World Weary / Caballero / Green Carnations / I'll See You Again
Born: 1899-12-16
Died: 1973-03-26
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Noel Coward - documentary Part 1
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- Duration: 9:40
- Updated: 15 Aug 2013
Noel Coward - documentary Part1.
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Noel Coward on Acting
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- Duration: 49:47
- Updated: 15 Aug 2013
Interviewed by Michael MacOwan.
http://wn.com/Noel_Coward_on_Acting
Noël Coward 1970 Tony Awards
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- Duration: 4:39
- Updated: 07 Aug 2013
Cary Grant presents Noël Coward with a special Tony.
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Cary Grant presents Noël Coward with a special Tony.
- published: 04 May 2012
- views: 2026
- author: MrPoochsmooch
Noel Coward's Present Laughter (1981), part 1
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- Duration: 78:45
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
With Donald Sinden at the Vaudeville Theatre, London.
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With Donald Sinden at the Vaudeville Theatre, London.
- published: 09 Feb 2013
- views: 2459
- author: E.W.R. Many
Noel Coward sings "Nina" on Live TV - 10/22/1955
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- Duration: 4:36
- Updated: 11 Aug 2013
From the live color broadcast of "Together With Music" - Noel Coward gives us an incredibly racy number for 1955 television - using "sex", "sluts" and plenty...
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From the live color broadcast of "Together With Music" - Noel Coward gives us an incredibly racy number for 1955 television - using "sex", "sluts" and plenty...
- published: 16 Nov 2009
- views: 30959
- author: ohbutyes
Noël Coward's "Let's do it"
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- Duration: 4:01
- Updated: 01 Aug 2013
Sunny Brioschi Trampolini della Ferla is atrociously proud to present: Sir Noël Peirce Coward's "LET'S DO IT"
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Sunny Brioschi Trampolini della Ferla is atrociously proud to present: Sir Noël Peirce Coward's "LET'S DO IT"
- published: 03 Oct 2010
- views: 11456
- author: Sannetta Trampolini della Ferla
Noel Coward - Mad dogs & Englishmen (with lyrics)
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- Duration: 2:25
- Updated: 07 Aug 2013
Noel Coward's classic song with lyrics.
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Noel Coward - I went to a marvelous party (check out lyrics below!)
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- Duration: 2:53
- Updated: 10 Aug 2013
I had the most extraordinary experience... something to do with sun...couldn't understand myself, really You know, quite for no reason I'm here for the s...
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I had the most extraordinary experience... something to do with sun...couldn't understand myself, really You know, quite for no reason I'm here for the s...
- published: 17 Mar 2011
- views: 45612
- author: completelyriveting
Short interviews with Richard Burton, Noel Coward and Laurence Olivier. 1960s.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:01
- Updated: 07 Aug 2013
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Noel Coward - Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans
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- Duration: 2:30
- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
Noel Coward song Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans.
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Noel Coward song Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans.
- published: 27 Jun 2007
- views: 188294
- author: MZ0007
What's My Line? - Noel Coward (1964, TV Show)
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- Duration: 4:26
- Updated: 30 Jul 2013
The mystery guest segment of the popular game show What's My Line? with prominent English theater and film writer and actor Noel Coward. Guest Robert Preston...
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The mystery guest segment of the popular game show What's My Line? with prominent English theater and film writer and actor Noel Coward. Guest Robert Preston...
- published: 17 Dec 2009
- views: 13876
- author: rmm413d
Anecdotes about Noel Coward
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- Duration: 2:45
- Updated: 15 Aug 2013
from David Niven and Richard Burton.
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What's my Line? Noel Coward
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- Duration: 3:40
- Updated: 07 Jun 2013
What's my Line? Noel Coward.
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Noel Coward - documentary Part 6
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- Duration: 9:56
- Updated: 24 Jul 2013
Noel Coward - documentary Part6.
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Private Lives (Noel Coward, 1976). Part 5
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- Duration: 9:28
- Updated: 07 Aug 2013
Starring Alec McCowen, Penelope Keith, Polly Adams, Donald Pickering.
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Starring Alec McCowen, Penelope Keith, Polly Adams, Donald Pickering.
- published: 18 Mar 2009
- views: 13364
- author: amargaleja
In Which We Serve (1942)
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- Duration: 109:30
- Updated: 16 Aug 2013
A 1942 British war film directed by Noël Coward. It was made during the Second World War with the assistance of the Ministry of Information. The screenplay b...
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A 1942 British war film directed by Noël Coward. It was made during the Second World War with the assistance of the Ministry of Information. The screenplay b...
- published: 22 Nov 2012
- views: 10713
- author: MrFilmschatten
Noel Coward - There Are Bad Times Just Around The Corner
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- Duration: 4:10
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
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Once More it's Eric & Ernie's tribute to Noel Coward part 1
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- Duration: 5:54
- Updated: 19 Jul 2013
Here we go again with the first part of Ernie's tribute to Noel Coward guest starring Fenella Fielding, hopefully with a tidy audio track. This time I've add...
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Here we go again with the first part of Ernie's tribute to Noel Coward guest starring Fenella Fielding, hopefully with a tidy audio track. This time I've add...
- published: 31 May 2008
- views: 11450
- author: CannedCarrott
Theater Talk: A Tribute to Noel Coward
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- Duration: 25:29
- Updated: 06 Aug 2013
Legendary actress ELAINE STRITCH, critic JOHN SIMON and author BARRY DAY discuss the life of the British playwright/performer NOEL COWARD as seen through his...
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Legendary actress ELAINE STRITCH, critic JOHN SIMON and author BARRY DAY discuss the life of the British playwright/performer NOEL COWARD as seen through his...
- published: 12 May 2011
- views: 1977
- author: cunytv75
The Noel Coward Trilogy: Sail Away... starring Elaine Stritch
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- Duration: 3:06
- Updated: 26 Jul 2013
Sail back to 1961 with Noël Coward and Stritchy.
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Sail back to 1961 with Noël Coward and Stritchy.
- published: 13 Aug 2010
- views: 11423
- author: macjman284
Private Lives (Noel Coward, 1976). Part 1
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- Duration: 9:21
- Updated: 15 Aug 2013
Starring Alec McCowen, Penelope Keith, Polly Adams, Donald Pickering.
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Starring Alec McCowen, Penelope Keith, Polly Adams, Donald Pickering.
- published: 18 Mar 2009
- views: 45048
- author: amargaleja
Noël Coward - "Mrs. Worthington" 1935
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- Duration: 2:08
- Updated: 15 Apr 2013
Noël Coward sings "Mrs. Worthington" on Victor #25230-A, recorded 8-15-1935. From Wikipedia: Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, dire...
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Noël Coward sings "Mrs. Worthington" on Victor #25230-A, recorded 8-15-1935. From Wikipedia: Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, dire...
- published: 18 Dec 2011
- views: 10156
- author: 1926VictorCredenza
Noël Coward - A Room With a View (1928)
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- Duration: 3:32
- Updated: 06 Aug 2013
Words and music by Noël Coward.
http://wn.com/Noël_Coward_A_Room_With_a_View_1928
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Noel Coward Mad dogs and Englishmen
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- Duration: 2:38
- Updated: 09 Aug 2013
His all-time greatest hit!! A classic rendition.
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His all-time greatest hit!! A classic rendition.
- published: 14 Aug 2012
- views: 11713
- author: Kevin Hunt
Susan Graham sings Noel Coward - LIVE! -
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- Duration: 1:31
- Updated: 20 Feb 2013
Here's the delightful Susan Graham with a wonderful encore following her all-French recital at Wigmore Hall in 2008 with Malcolm Martineau, piano. "There's A...
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Here's the delightful Susan Graham with a wonderful encore following her all-French recital at Wigmore Hall in 2008 with Malcolm Martineau, piano. "There's A...
- published: 20 Jan 2011
- views: 1290
- author: kadoguy2006
Andy Bey Sings Noel Coward's "Sail Away" Live at Dizzy's Club
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- Duration: 4:28
- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
The terrific Andy Bey performs Noel Coward's "Sail Away" with Eric Comstock on piano, Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Neal Miner on bass, Harry Allen on sax and ...
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The terrific Andy Bey performs Noel Coward's "Sail Away" with Eric Comstock on piano, Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Neal Miner on bass, Harry Allen on sax and ...
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 472
- author: BENC354
Beatrice Bea Lillie "Talking to You" Complete Live "High Spirits" Showstopper! Noel Coward
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- Duration: 5:19
- Updated: 22 May 2013
This is Bea Lillie in her last Broadway show, completely stopping the show cold with her bunny slipper dance in "Talking to You". Listen to the response and ...
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This is Bea Lillie in her last Broadway show, completely stopping the show cold with her bunny slipper dance in "Talking to You". Listen to the response and ...
- published: 14 Jul 2010
- views: 2279
- author: jonthesYT
NOEL COWARD - 'Mad Dogs And Englishmen' - 45rpm
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- Duration: 2:52
- Updated: 07 Aug 2013
His classic 30's recording on a 1958 EP.
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Noel Coward at the Desert Inn - 'Uncle Harry'
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- Duration: 3:58
- Updated: 20 Apr 2013
Entertainer MARK MARLOWE essays the legendary Noel Coward in this live show from 2010. In 1955 Noel Coward reinvented himself into a popular Las Vegas Cabare...
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Entertainer MARK MARLOWE essays the legendary Noel Coward in this live show from 2010. In 1955 Noel Coward reinvented himself into a popular Las Vegas Cabare...
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 293
- author: Mark Marlowe
Noël Coward's Home Movies of New York
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- Duration: 2:19
- Updated: 23 Jul 2013
http://wn.com/Noël_Coward's_Home_Movies_of_New_York
Noel Coward - The Party is over now
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- Duration: 3:36
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
Genießt den klang der Klassiker.
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Private Lives by Noel Coward playing at Rubicon Theatre Company 9/5 - 9/30/12
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- Duration: 1:56
- Updated: 02 Aug 2013
Our final production of the season is "gorgeous, dazzling and fantastically funny," according to the New York Times. Elyot and Amanda, once married, meet by ...
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Our final production of the season is "gorgeous, dazzling and fantastically funny," according to the New York Times. Elyot and Amanda, once married, meet by ...
- published: 06 Sep 2012
- views: 1317
- author: rubicontheatre
Bioshock 2 Soundtrack - 03 - Noël Coward - 20th Century Blues
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- Duration: 3:38
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
The Official Soundtrack for Bioshock 2. Music from and inspired by the game. If you enjoy this music, consider buying the actual album to support 2K games.
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The Official Soundtrack for Bioshock 2. Music from and inspired by the game. If you enjoy this music, consider buying the actual album to support 2K games.
- published: 15 Feb 2010
- views: 77584
- author: Manialt
Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT on BROADWAY
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- Duration: 3:09
- Updated: 29 Jul 2013
As the unofficial Baby-Boomer( IRA GALLEN )Guru of my Television Collecting Generation I knew it was the right time to create a Video Network for Baby-Boomer...
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As the unofficial Baby-Boomer( IRA GALLEN )Guru of my Television Collecting Generation I knew it was the right time to create a Video Network for Baby-Boomer...
- published: 16 Mar 2009
- views: 47633
- author: theatrecorner
Anne Ziegler sings Noel Coward
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- Duration: 3:08
- Updated: 24 May 2013
Anne Ziegler sings a Noel Coward medley from a 78rpm recording conducted by Harry Acres in 1947. HMV C3635. Video created today 22 June 2012, the hundred and...
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Anne Ziegler sings a Noel Coward medley from a 78rpm recording conducted by Harry Acres in 1947. HMV C3635. Video created today 22 June 2012, the hundred and...
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 98
- author: duettists
Yvonne Printemps and Noel Coward "I`ll follow my secret heart" 1934
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- Duration: 6:17
- Updated: 07 Aug 2013
The musical by and starring Noel Coward, Conversation Piece, premiered in 1934 in London. The female lead was given to Yvonne Printemps, a French actress and...
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The musical by and starring Noel Coward, Conversation Piece, premiered in 1934 in London. The female lead was given to Yvonne Printemps, a French actress and...
- published: 29 Feb 2012
- views: 739
- author: phonomono78s
Gregory Moore salute to Noel Coward WORLD WEARY
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- Duration: 3:26
- Updated: 13 May 2013
www.gregorymooreonline.com Singer/writer/bandleader Gregory Moore recreates Noël Coward's performance of "World Weary" from the 1955 CBS live special, Togeth...
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www.gregorymooreonline.com Singer/writer/bandleader Gregory Moore recreates Noël Coward's performance of "World Weary" from the 1955 CBS live special, Togeth...
- published: 16 Feb 2008
- views: 10766
- author: Gregory Moore
Shannon Bolin sings Noel Coward!
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- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 20 Apr 2013
"The Party's Over Now" from a rare 1955 lp sung by Broadway star Shannon Bolin with her husband, pianist/conductor Milton Kaye. Link to complete "Rare Wine" ...
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"The Party's Over Now" from a rare 1955 lp sung by Broadway star Shannon Bolin with her husband, pianist/conductor Milton Kaye. Link to complete "Rare Wine" ...
- published: 28 Jun 2011
- views: 128
- author: kadoguy2006
20th Century Blues - Noël Coward
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- Duration: 3:41
- Updated: 16 Aug 2013
La maravillosa musica de Noël Coward. 20th Century Blues...
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La maravillosa musica de Noël Coward. 20th Century Blues...
- published: 20 Sep 2012
- views: 792
- author: Joaquin Vicente Hamlet Nuñez
Hilde Gueden sings Noël Coward (4)
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- Duration: 11:07
- Updated: 26 May 2013
The charming Austrian soprano brings some of her native Viennese waltz style to the drawing room of Noël Coward's great songs. 1. "I'll Follow My Secret Hear...
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The charming Austrian soprano brings some of her native Viennese waltz style to the drawing room of Noël Coward's great songs. 1. "I'll Follow My Secret Hear...
- published: 29 Apr 2011
- views: 981
- author: kadoguy2006
Noel Coward's This Happy Breed - great preview
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- Duration: 2:39
- Updated: 24 Jul 2013
A milestone in cinema history, Noel Coward and David Leans anthem to British resilience continues to be hailed as a masterpiece. Taken from a brand-new HD re...
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A milestone in cinema history, Noel Coward and David Leans anthem to British resilience continues to be hailed as a masterpiece. Taken from a brand-new HD re...
- published: 14 Nov 2008
- views: 7481
- author: NetworkDVD
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Noël Coward - Mrs. Worthington [later version]
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- Duration: 2:15
- Updated: 09 Aug 2013
In his biography, A Talent to Amuse, Sheridan Morley said that in 1933, when Coward was at the height of his powers, he received a constant stream of letters...
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In his biography, A Talent to Amuse, Sheridan Morley said that in 1933, when Coward was at the height of his powers, he received a constant stream of letters...
- published: 28 Mar 2012
- views: 2834
- author: dondobbeltliv
Noël Coward - I'll follow my secret heart - Joan Sutherland (1966)
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- Duration: 5:12
- Updated: 03 Aug 2013
Noël Coward I'll follow my secret heart (from the musical Coversation Piece) (arr. Douglas Gamley) Joan Sutherland Orchestra Richard Bonynge, conductor Decca...
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Noël Coward I'll follow my secret heart (from the musical Coversation Piece) (arr. Douglas Gamley) Joan Sutherland Orchestra Richard Bonynge, conductor Decca...
- published: 13 Apr 2013
- views: 58
- author: vicmanu
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Noel Coward: Vidám kísértet (1975) - Pesti Színház (3. rész)
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- Duration: 31:05
- Updated: 28 Jun 2013
Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Charles (Somogyvári Rudolf), Ruth (Bánki Zsuzsa), Elvira (Ruttkai Éva...
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Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Charles (Somogyvári Rudolf), Ruth (Bánki Zsuzsa), Elvira (Ruttkai Éva...
- published: 25 Nov 2012
- views: 422
- author: bodza889
Noel Coward's Present Laughter (1981), part 2
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- Duration: 66:57
- Updated: 27 Jun 2013
With Donald Sinden at the Vaudeville Theatre, London.
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With Donald Sinden at the Vaudeville Theatre, London.
- published: 09 Feb 2013
- views: 1168
- author: E.W.R. Many
Pre-show Talk: Noël Coward's Private Lives
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- Duration: 34:30
- Updated: 03 Nov 2012
Join Philip Hoare, author of the highly regarded Noël Coward: A Biography, as he goes on a biographical journey into Coward's shimmering text to reveal some ...
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Join Philip Hoare, author of the highly regarded Noël Coward: A Biography, as he goes on a biographical journey into Coward's shimmering text to reveal some ...
- published: 23 Oct 2012
- views: 895
- author: chichestertheatre
Noel Coward: Vidám kísértet (1975) - Pesti Színház (1. rész)
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- Duration: 30:01
- Updated: 24 Jul 2013
Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Charles (Somogyvári Rudolf), Ruth (Bánki Zsuzsa), Elvira (Ruttkai Éva...
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Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Charles (Somogyvári Rudolf), Ruth (Bánki Zsuzsa), Elvira (Ruttkai Éva...
- published: 24 Nov 2012
- views: 1139
- author: bodza889
Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals" - Noel Coward, narrator; Kostelanetz conducts
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 26:39
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
Saint-Saens's "Carnival of the Animals" was provided with verses specially written by Ogden Nash and narrated by Noel Coward for this 1949 American Columbia ...
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Saint-Saens's "Carnival of the Animals" was provided with verses specially written by Ogden Nash and narrated by Noel Coward for this 1949 American Columbia ...
- published: 28 Oct 2011
- views: 14013
- author: adam28xx
In Which We Serve
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- Duration: 113:58
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
This "story of a ship," the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by survivors as they cling to a life raft. Directed by Noel Coward & David Lean.
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This "story of a ship," the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by survivors as they cling to a life raft. Directed by Noel Coward & David Lean.
- published: 28 Jul 2012
- views: 5392
- author: ampopfilms
Theater Talk: Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward
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- Duration: 26:40
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
Theater Talk presents a televised tour of "Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward," an exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Cow...
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Theater Talk presents a televised tour of "Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward," an exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Cow...
- published: 25 Jul 2012
- views: 660
- author: cunytv75
USProductions Presents: Noël Coward's Hay Fever
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- Duration: 113:58
- Updated: 11 Aug 2013
Hay Fever was written in 1924, and is one of Noël Coward's earliest and most light-hearted plays. Noted for its hysterical characters and irreverent, debauch...
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Hay Fever was written in 1924, and is one of Noël Coward's earliest and most light-hearted plays. Noted for its hysterical characters and irreverent, debauch...
- published: 01 Dec 2011
- views: 1327
- author: David Tan
Malcolm Gordon- Cocktails with Noel Coward
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- Duration: 20:11
- Updated: 11 Apr 2013
Woodstock, last summer.
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Ways and Means - Noel Coward
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- Duration: 29:28
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
BBC production from 1991.
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Cavalcade of the West (1933) - Full Movie
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 60:17
- Updated: 24 Jul 2013
Two brothers are separated when young. One becomes the pony express rider Clint Knox and the other the outlaw Ace Carter. Their next meeting finds Ace way-la...
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Two brothers are separated when young. One becomes the pony express rider Clint Knox and the other the outlaw Ace Carter. Their next meeting finds Ace way-la...
- published: 15 Dec 2012
- views: 1661
- author: Freemeo
The Astonished Heart - Noel Coward
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- Duration: 29:28
- Updated: 06 Jul 2013
BBc production from 1991 with Joan Collins.
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Noel Coward: Vidám kísértet (1975) - Pesti Színház (2. rész)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 30:29
- Updated: 20 Apr 2013
Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Charles (Somogyvári Rudolf), Ruth (Bánki Zsuzsa), Elvira (Ruttkai Éva...
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Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Charles (Somogyvári Rudolf), Ruth (Bánki Zsuzsa), Elvira (Ruttkai Éva...
- published: 24 Nov 2012
- views: 770
- author: bodza889
The Young Idea: Act 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 29:09
- Updated: 11 Jun 2013
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Easy Virtue
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 80:17
- Updated: 15 Jul 2013
A divorcee scandalizes reputable society and then finds a new suitor. Of course, she doesn't tell him about the shocking divorce... Directed by Alfred Hitchc...
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A divorcee scandalizes reputable society and then finds a new suitor. Of course, she doesn't tell him about the shocking divorce... Directed by Alfred Hitchc...
- published: 10 Nov 2012
- views: 681
- author: jamespeterf
Elaine Stritch At Liberty (2002)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 145:16
- Updated: 17 Aug 2013
Directed by Andy Picheta.
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Eton College Documentary (1967) Part 1 of 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 30:37
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
a BBC documentary by Anthony de Lotbinière.
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The Italian Job (1969)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 99:28
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) is out of jail and on the make with an ingenious plan for the heist of the century. Aided and abetted by top criminal mastermind Mr Bridger (Noël Coward), Charlie sets off with an ace team of villains and three very special minis to lift $4000000 from under the noses of the Turin Polizei. The trouble is that the cops and the Mafia are on his tail.
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Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) is out of jail and on the make with an ingenious plan for the heist of the century. Aided and abetted by top criminal mastermind Mr Bridger (Noël Coward), Charlie sets off with an ace team of villains and three very special minis to lift $4000000 from under the noses of the Turin Polizei. The trouble is that the cops and the Mafia are on his tail.
- published: 07 Jun 2013
- author: ParamountmoviesUK
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Noel Coward -collected interviews
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:47
- Updated: 28 Jun 2013
download HERE http://www.audiogo.co.uk/bbc-archive-voices.
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download HERE http://www.audiogo.co.uk/bbc-archive-voices.
- published: 14 Oct 2011
- views: 1167
- author: Audio Productions
Dick is incapable of choosing his favorite shows
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:52
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
DICK CAVETT SAID: "The Lunts & Noel Coward was certainly nowhere near the bottom." Dick hasn't done enough German-language interviews with people like Klaus ...
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DICK CAVETT SAID: "The Lunts & Noel Coward was certainly nowhere near the bottom." Dick hasn't done enough German-language interviews with people like Klaus ...
- published: 05 Dec 2006
- views: 8307
- author: cavettbiter
Noel Coward 1960
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:32
- Updated: 11 Sep 2012
Noel Coward interviewed in London.
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Stephen Fry with The Noël Coward Society
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 23 Jul 2013
Stephen Fry lays flowers on the statue of Sir Noël Coward at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London on 12th December 2009. Stephen is a Vice-President of the ...
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Stephen Fry lays flowers on the statue of Sir Noël Coward at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London on 12th December 2009. Stephen is a Vice-President of the ...
- published: 13 Dec 2009
- views: 5815
- author: 4headsnobrain
Michael Caine Interview - part two - Parkinson - BBC
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:00
- Updated: 20 Aug 2013
Ever wondered where "Not a lot of people know that" comes from? A Parkinson special with Michael Caine. In this second half of the interview Michael shares s...
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Ever wondered where "Not a lot of people know that" comes from? A Parkinson special with Michael Caine. In this second half of the interview Michael shares s...
- published: 22 Apr 2008
- views: 185797
- author: BBCWorldwide
Noel Coward - David Steen Interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:12
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Legendary Photographer David Steen tells the story about the time he photographed Noel Coward at The Dorchester Hotel, London. Limited Edition, Fine Art Phot...
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Legendary Photographer David Steen tells the story about the time he photographed Noel Coward at The Dorchester Hotel, London. Limited Edition, Fine Art Phot...
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 139
- author: davidsteenofficial
Judy Garland & Noel Coward Talk...1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:25
- Updated: 27 Jul 2013
Judy Garland & Noel Coward talk about performing. The year is 1962.
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Judy Garland & Noel Coward talk about performing. The year is 1962.
- published: 25 Jan 2010
- views: 6489
- author: TallulahDahling
michael caine interview part 2 on Noël Coward.wmv
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:22
- Updated: 17 May 2012
michael caine interview on The Masked Egg Show just fun crazy talk animation show egg talking new talk show films laugh michael caine interview part 2 on Noë...
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michael caine interview on The Masked Egg Show just fun crazy talk animation show egg talking new talk show films laugh michael caine interview part 2 on Noë...
- published: 17 May 2012
- views: 179
- author: 9cancan
BARRY DAY on NOËL COWARD's Hits and "London Pride"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:09
- Updated: 01 Aug 2013
Author/historian Barry Day, Geoffrey Johnson Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins discuss the hits of Noël Coward, primarily his WWII standard "London Pride." Th...
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Author/historian Barry Day, Geoffrey Johnson Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins discuss the hits of Noël Coward, primarily his WWII standard "London Pride." Th...
- published: 21 Jun 2012
- views: 159
- author: theatertalk
2:38
Noel Coward Mad dogs and Englishmen
His all-time greatest hit!! A classic rendition....
published: 14 Aug 2012
author: Kevin Hunt
Noel Coward Mad dogs and Englishmen
His all-time greatest hit!! A classic rendition.
- published: 14 Aug 2012
- views: 11713
- author: Kevin Hunt
1:31
Susan Graham sings Noel Coward - LIVE! -
Here's the delightful Susan Graham with a wonderful encore following her all-French recita...
published: 20 Jan 2011
author: kadoguy2006
Susan Graham sings Noel Coward - LIVE! -
Here's the delightful Susan Graham with a wonderful encore following her all-French recital at Wigmore Hall in 2008 with Malcolm Martineau, piano. "There's A...
- published: 20 Jan 2011
- views: 1290
- author: kadoguy2006
4:28
Andy Bey Sings Noel Coward's "Sail Away" Live at Dizzy's Club
The terrific Andy Bey performs Noel Coward's "Sail Away" with Eric Comstock on piano, Buck...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: BENC354
Andy Bey Sings Noel Coward's "Sail Away" Live at Dizzy's Club
The terrific Andy Bey performs Noel Coward's "Sail Away" with Eric Comstock on piano, Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Neal Miner on bass, Harry Allen on sax and ...
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 472
- author: BENC354
5:19
Beatrice Bea Lillie "Talking to You" Complete Live "High Spirits" Showstopper! Noel Coward
This is Bea Lillie in her last Broadway show, completely stopping the show cold with her b...
published: 14 Jul 2010
author: jonthesYT
Beatrice Bea Lillie "Talking to You" Complete Live "High Spirits" Showstopper! Noel Coward
This is Bea Lillie in her last Broadway show, completely stopping the show cold with her bunny slipper dance in "Talking to You". Listen to the response and ...
- published: 14 Jul 2010
- views: 2279
- author: jonthesYT
3:58
Noel Coward at the Desert Inn - 'Uncle Harry'
Entertainer MARK MARLOWE essays the legendary Noel Coward in this live show from 2010. In ...
published: 05 Sep 2012
author: Mark Marlowe
Noel Coward at the Desert Inn - 'Uncle Harry'
Entertainer MARK MARLOWE essays the legendary Noel Coward in this live show from 2010. In 1955 Noel Coward reinvented himself into a popular Las Vegas Cabare...
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 293
- author: Mark Marlowe
2:19
Noël Coward's Home Movies of New York
...
published: 15 Aug 2012
author: Ned Lathom
Noël Coward's Home Movies of New York
- published: 15 Aug 2012
- views: 104
- author: Ned Lathom
1:56
Private Lives by Noel Coward playing at Rubicon Theatre Company 9/5 - 9/30/12
Our final production of the season is "gorgeous, dazzling and fantastically funny," accord...
published: 06 Sep 2012
author: rubicontheatre
Private Lives by Noel Coward playing at Rubicon Theatre Company 9/5 - 9/30/12
Our final production of the season is "gorgeous, dazzling and fantastically funny," according to the New York Times. Elyot and Amanda, once married, meet by ...
- published: 06 Sep 2012
- views: 1317
- author: rubicontheatre
3:38
Bioshock 2 Soundtrack - 03 - Noël Coward - 20th Century Blues
The Official Soundtrack for Bioshock 2. Music from and inspired by the game. If you enjoy ...
published: 15 Feb 2010
author: Manialt
Bioshock 2 Soundtrack - 03 - Noël Coward - 20th Century Blues
The Official Soundtrack for Bioshock 2. Music from and inspired by the game. If you enjoy this music, consider buying the actual album to support 2K games.
- published: 15 Feb 2010
- views: 77584
- author: Manialt
3:09
Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT on BROADWAY
As the unofficial Baby-Boomer( IRA GALLEN )Guru of my Television Collecting Generation I k...
published: 16 Mar 2009
author: theatrecorner
Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT on BROADWAY
As the unofficial Baby-Boomer( IRA GALLEN )Guru of my Television Collecting Generation I knew it was the right time to create a Video Network for Baby-Boomer...
- published: 16 Mar 2009
- views: 47633
- author: theatrecorner
3:08
Anne Ziegler sings Noel Coward
Anne Ziegler sings a Noel Coward medley from a 78rpm recording conducted by Harry Acres in...
published: 22 Jun 2012
author: duettists
Anne Ziegler sings Noel Coward
Anne Ziegler sings a Noel Coward medley from a 78rpm recording conducted by Harry Acres in 1947. HMV C3635. Video created today 22 June 2012, the hundred and...
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 98
- author: duettists
6:17
Yvonne Printemps and Noel Coward "I`ll follow my secret heart" 1934
The musical by and starring Noel Coward, Conversation Piece, premiered in 1934 in London. ...
published: 29 Feb 2012
author: phonomono78s
Yvonne Printemps and Noel Coward "I`ll follow my secret heart" 1934
The musical by and starring Noel Coward, Conversation Piece, premiered in 1934 in London. The female lead was given to Yvonne Printemps, a French actress and...
- published: 29 Feb 2012
- views: 739
- author: phonomono78s
3:26
Gregory Moore salute to Noel Coward WORLD WEARY
www.gregorymooreonline.com Singer/writer/bandleader Gregory Moore recreates Noël Coward's ...
published: 16 Feb 2008
author: Gregory Moore
Gregory Moore salute to Noel Coward WORLD WEARY
www.gregorymooreonline.com Singer/writer/bandleader Gregory Moore recreates Noël Coward's performance of "World Weary" from the 1955 CBS live special, Togeth...
- published: 16 Feb 2008
- views: 10766
- author: Gregory Moore
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4:23
Shannon Bolin sings Noel Coward!
"The Party's Over Now" from a rare 1955 lp sung by Broadway star Shannon Bolin with her hu...
published: 28 Jun 2011
author: kadoguy2006
Shannon Bolin sings Noel Coward!
"The Party's Over Now" from a rare 1955 lp sung by Broadway star Shannon Bolin with her husband, pianist/conductor Milton Kaye. Link to complete "Rare Wine" ...
- published: 28 Jun 2011
- views: 128
- author: kadoguy2006
3:41
20th Century Blues - Noël Coward
La maravillosa musica de Noël Coward. 20th Century Blues......
published: 20 Sep 2012
author: Joaquin Vicente Hamlet Nuñez
20th Century Blues - Noël Coward
La maravillosa musica de Noël Coward. 20th Century Blues...
- published: 20 Sep 2012
- views: 792
- author: Joaquin Vicente Hamlet Nuñez
11:07
Hilde Gueden sings Noël Coward (4)
The charming Austrian soprano brings some of her native Viennese waltz style to the drawin...
published: 29 Apr 2011
author: kadoguy2006
Hilde Gueden sings Noël Coward (4)
The charming Austrian soprano brings some of her native Viennese waltz style to the drawing room of Noël Coward's great songs. 1. "I'll Follow My Secret Hear...
- published: 29 Apr 2011
- views: 981
- author: kadoguy2006
2:39
Noel Coward's This Happy Breed - great preview
A milestone in cinema history, Noel Coward and David Leans anthem to British resilience co...
published: 14 Nov 2008
author: NetworkDVD
Noel Coward's This Happy Breed - great preview
A milestone in cinema history, Noel Coward and David Leans anthem to British resilience continues to be hailed as a masterpiece. Taken from a brand-new HD re...
- published: 14 Nov 2008
- views: 7481
- author: NetworkDVD
31:05
Noel Coward: Vidám kísértet (1975) - Pesti Színház (3. rész)
Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Ch...
published: 25 Nov 2012
author: bodza889
Noel Coward: Vidám kísértet (1975) - Pesti Színház (3. rész)
Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Charles (Somogyvári Rudolf), Ruth (Bánki Zsuzsa), Elvira (Ruttkai Éva...
- published: 25 Nov 2012
- views: 422
- author: bodza889
66:57
Noel Coward's Present Laughter (1981), part 2
With Donald Sinden at the Vaudeville Theatre, London....
published: 09 Feb 2013
author: E.W.R. Many
Noel Coward's Present Laughter (1981), part 2
With Donald Sinden at the Vaudeville Theatre, London.
- published: 09 Feb 2013
- views: 1168
- author: E.W.R. Many
34:30
Pre-show Talk: Noël Coward's Private Lives
Join Philip Hoare, author of the highly regarded Noël Coward: A Biography, as he goes on a...
published: 23 Oct 2012
author: chichestertheatre
Pre-show Talk: Noël Coward's Private Lives
Join Philip Hoare, author of the highly regarded Noël Coward: A Biography, as he goes on a biographical journey into Coward's shimmering text to reveal some ...
- published: 23 Oct 2012
- views: 895
- author: chichestertheatre
30:01
Noel Coward: Vidám kísértet (1975) - Pesti Színház (1. rész)
Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Ch...
published: 24 Nov 2012
author: bodza889
Noel Coward: Vidám kísértet (1975) - Pesti Színház (1. rész)
Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Charles (Somogyvári Rudolf), Ruth (Bánki Zsuzsa), Elvira (Ruttkai Éva...
- published: 24 Nov 2012
- views: 1139
- author: bodza889
29:26
07 Still Life
...
published: 09 Jul 2012
author: Boris Percy
07 Still Life
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 246
- author: Boris Percy
26:39
Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals" - Noel Coward, narrator; Kostelanetz conducts
Saint-Saens's "Carnival of the Animals" was provided with verses specially written by Ogde...
published: 28 Oct 2011
author: adam28xx
Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals" - Noel Coward, narrator; Kostelanetz conducts
Saint-Saens's "Carnival of the Animals" was provided with verses specially written by Ogden Nash and narrated by Noel Coward for this 1949 American Columbia ...
- published: 28 Oct 2011
- views: 14013
- author: adam28xx
113:58
In Which We Serve
This "story of a ship," the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by surviv...
published: 28 Jul 2012
author: ampopfilms
In Which We Serve
This "story of a ship," the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by survivors as they cling to a life raft. Directed by Noel Coward & David Lean.
- published: 28 Jul 2012
- views: 5392
- author: ampopfilms
26:40
Theater Talk: Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward
Theater Talk presents a televised tour of "Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward," an exh...
published: 25 Jul 2012
author: cunytv75
Theater Talk: Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward
Theater Talk presents a televised tour of "Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward," an exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Cow...
- published: 25 Jul 2012
- views: 660
- author: cunytv75
113:58
USProductions Presents: Noël Coward's Hay Fever
Hay Fever was written in 1924, and is one of Noël Coward's earliest and most light-hearted...
published: 01 Dec 2011
author: David Tan
USProductions Presents: Noël Coward's Hay Fever
Hay Fever was written in 1924, and is one of Noël Coward's earliest and most light-hearted plays. Noted for its hysterical characters and irreverent, debauch...
- published: 01 Dec 2011
- views: 1327
- author: David Tan
20:11
Malcolm Gordon- Cocktails with Noel Coward
Woodstock, last summer....
published: 27 Feb 2013
author: Uncle Louie
Malcolm Gordon- Cocktails with Noel Coward
Woodstock, last summer.
- published: 27 Feb 2013
- views: 91
- author: Uncle Louie
29:28
Ways and Means - Noel Coward
BBC production from 1991....
published: 09 Jul 2012
author: Boris Percy
Ways and Means - Noel Coward
BBC production from 1991.
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 796
- author: Boris Percy
60:17
Cavalcade of the West (1933) - Full Movie
Two brothers are separated when young. One becomes the pony express rider Clint Knox and t...
published: 15 Dec 2012
author: Freemeo
Cavalcade of the West (1933) - Full Movie
Two brothers are separated when young. One becomes the pony express rider Clint Knox and the other the outlaw Ace Carter. Their next meeting finds Ace way-la...
- published: 15 Dec 2012
- views: 1661
- author: Freemeo
29:28
The Astonished Heart - Noel Coward
BBc production from 1991 with Joan Collins....
published: 09 Jul 2012
author: Boris Percy
The Astonished Heart - Noel Coward
BBc production from 1991 with Joan Collins.
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 1058
- author: Boris Percy
30:29
Noel Coward: Vidám kísértet (1975) - Pesti Színház (2. rész)
Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Ch...
published: 24 Nov 2012
author: bodza889
Noel Coward: Vidám kísértet (1975) - Pesti Színház (2. rész)
Noel Coward Vidám kísértet Bemutató: 1971. május 5. Rendező: VÁRKONYI ZOLTÁN Szereplők: Charles (Somogyvári Rudolf), Ruth (Bánki Zsuzsa), Elvira (Ruttkai Éva...
- published: 24 Nov 2012
- views: 770
- author: bodza889
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29:09
The Young Idea: Act 1
...
published: 06 May 2012
author: TheatreKidJohn
The Young Idea: Act 1
- published: 06 May 2012
- views: 133
- author: TheatreKidJohn
80:17
Easy Virtue
A divorcee scandalizes reputable society and then finds a new suitor. Of course, she doesn...
published: 10 Nov 2012
author: jamespeterf
Easy Virtue
A divorcee scandalizes reputable society and then finds a new suitor. Of course, she doesn't tell him about the shocking divorce... Directed by Alfred Hitchc...
- published: 10 Nov 2012
- views: 681
- author: jamespeterf
145:16
Elaine Stritch At Liberty (2002)
Directed by Andy Picheta....
published: 11 Apr 2013
author: outofprintmovies
Elaine Stritch At Liberty (2002)
Directed by Andy Picheta.
- published: 11 Apr 2013
- views: 13224
- author: outofprintmovies
30:37
Eton College Documentary (1967) Part 1 of 2
a BBC documentary by Anthony de Lotbinière....
published: 16 May 2012
author: tituscaesar
Eton College Documentary (1967) Part 1 of 2
a BBC documentary by Anthony de Lotbinière.
- published: 16 May 2012
- views: 18822
- author: tituscaesar
2:47
Noel Coward -collected interviews
download HERE http://www.audiogo.co.uk/bbc-archive-voices....
published: 14 Oct 2011
author: Audio Productions
Noel Coward -collected interviews
download HERE http://www.audiogo.co.uk/bbc-archive-voices.
- published: 14 Oct 2011
- views: 1167
- author: Audio Productions
9:52
Dick is incapable of choosing his favorite shows
DICK CAVETT SAID: "The Lunts & Noel Coward was certainly nowhere near the bottom." Dick ha...
published: 05 Dec 2006
author: cavettbiter
Dick is incapable of choosing his favorite shows
DICK CAVETT SAID: "The Lunts & Noel Coward was certainly nowhere near the bottom." Dick hasn't done enough German-language interviews with people like Klaus ...
- published: 05 Dec 2006
- views: 8307
- author: cavettbiter
10:00
Stephen Fry with The Noël Coward Society
Stephen Fry lays flowers on the statue of Sir Noël Coward at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane...
published: 13 Dec 2009
author: 4headsnobrain
Stephen Fry with The Noël Coward Society
Stephen Fry lays flowers on the statue of Sir Noël Coward at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London on 12th December 2009. Stephen is a Vice-President of the ...
- published: 13 Dec 2009
- views: 5815
- author: 4headsnobrain
6:00
Michael Caine Interview - part two - Parkinson - BBC
Ever wondered where "Not a lot of people know that" comes from? A Parkinson special with M...
published: 22 Apr 2008
author: BBCWorldwide
Michael Caine Interview - part two - Parkinson - BBC
Ever wondered where "Not a lot of people know that" comes from? A Parkinson special with Michael Caine. In this second half of the interview Michael shares s...
- published: 22 Apr 2008
- views: 185797
- author: BBCWorldwide
1:12
Noel Coward - David Steen Interview
Legendary Photographer David Steen tells the story about the time he photographed Noel Cow...
published: 24 Jan 2013
author: davidsteenofficial
Noel Coward - David Steen Interview
Legendary Photographer David Steen tells the story about the time he photographed Noel Coward at The Dorchester Hotel, London. Limited Edition, Fine Art Phot...
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 139
- author: davidsteenofficial
9:25
Judy Garland & Noel Coward Talk...1
Judy Garland & Noel Coward talk about performing. The year is 1962....
published: 25 Jan 2010
author: TallulahDahling
Judy Garland & Noel Coward Talk...1
Judy Garland & Noel Coward talk about performing. The year is 1962.
- published: 25 Jan 2010
- views: 6489
- author: TallulahDahling
1:22
michael caine interview part 2 on Noël Coward.wmv
michael caine interview on The Masked Egg Show just fun crazy talk animation show egg talk...
published: 17 May 2012
author: 9cancan
michael caine interview part 2 on Noël Coward.wmv
michael caine interview on The Masked Egg Show just fun crazy talk animation show egg talking new talk show films laugh michael caine interview part 2 on Noë...
- published: 17 May 2012
- views: 179
- author: 9cancan
1:09
BARRY DAY on NOËL COWARD's Hits and "London Pride"
Author/historian Barry Day, Geoffrey Johnson Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins discuss the ...
published: 21 Jun 2012
author: theatertalk
BARRY DAY on NOËL COWARD's Hits and "London Pride"
Author/historian Barry Day, Geoffrey Johnson Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins discuss the hits of Noël Coward, primarily his WWII standard "London Pride." Th...
- published: 21 Jun 2012
- views: 159
- author: theatertalk
photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan
23 Aug 2013
Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai called his wife insane after she testified at his landmark trial on Friday that he knew of money and a villa in the French Riviera that ......(size: 0.9Kb)
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster
23 Aug 2013
AUBURN, N.Y. -- President Barack Obama says a possible chemical weapons attack in Syria this week is a "big event of grave concern" that has hastened the timeframe for determining a U.S. response. However, Obama said the notion that the U.S. alone can end Syria's bloody civil war is "overstated" and made clear he would seek international support before taking large-scale action. "If the U.S ... The president said the U.S ... and abroad ... The U.S ... ....(size: 11.5Kb)
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24 Aug 2013
Close to 50,000 children from Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Syria have fled Syria, being among the more than one million other children according to Palestinian Popular Committees in the Damascus-Homs area and head of U.N. children’s agency UNICEF, Anthony Lake, said in a statement. Roughly 75% of the Palestinian youngsters fleeing Syria are under the age of 11 ... This initial tentative conclusion could change ... -###- ... ....(size: 6.1Kb)
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25 Aug 2013
Beirut • An international aid group said Saturday that medical centers it supported near the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus had received more than 3,000 patients showing symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic nerve agents on the morning of the attack. Of those, 355 died, said the group, Doctors Without Borders. Join the Discussion ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
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24 Aug 2013
WASHINGTON. The United States and the Philippines have vowed to maintain freedom of navigation in a Southeast Asia increasingly beset by maritime territorial rows, the two military allies said. The military chiefs of the two countries made the pledge in the United States on Thursday as their governments held talks on expanding the American military presence in the Philippines, a joint statement said ... "We resolve to... ....(size: 2.9Kb)
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25 Aug 2013
Townshend & McAnuff, "Tommy"; Noel Coward, "Blithe Spirit"; Shakespeare, "Othello." ... The remaining seven are all over the theatrical map, from Beckett to "Fiddler," Schiller to Coward ... Noel Coward, 'Blithe Spirit' ... This is not one of Coward's handful of great comedies, but it's clever, featuring Madame Arcati, one of his more eccentric creations....(size: 8.8Kb)
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25 Aug 2013
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25 Aug 2013
Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington. It is one of the greatest speeches ever given. Certainly, the speech is a checklist on whether or not America has lived up to or is living up to its creed of “liberty and justice for all.” ... Now he is revered ... Roanoke’s most beloved political figure is its first black mayor, Noel C ... Roanoke’s best-kept secret, the Noel C ... ....(size: 6.2Kb)
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25 Aug 2013
It was the pink foot on a stick that the Eighties forgot, but now Funny Feet, the cult children's ice-cream, is making a comeback ... Wall's reproduction of the Eighties favourite will be in supermarkets from tomorrow and will be launched in shops a week later ... Noel Clarke, the brand-building director for ice-cream at Unilever, said ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)
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25 Aug 2013
Trafalgar Studios, London; Theatre Royal, Bath. A drama about sexual liberation since the 50s leaves theatregoers giggling and wriggling. ‘Cut-glass and cutting-edge’. Hayley Atwell and Harry Hadden-Paton impress in The Pride. Photograph. Marc Brenner ... "Thank you!" ... Everyone slides between Noël Coward clippedness (I think these vowels are rather overdone for the 50s, but they're delivered cleverly) to slack-jawed slouchiness ... ....(size: 3.9Kb)
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25 Aug 2013
Me and JFK. For Gov. David L. Lawrence. So young, so handsome, so articulate. so Irish, so Catholic, so humorous. Somehow we had all reached the top with him. My first president. I went door-to-door. for him, reported to a consulate. around the corner, adored Camelot. When I berated David L. Lawrence ... Protect him from the hatred that rides high in the land of the free, home of some coward who would kill this man to intrude himself in history ... ....(size: 5.6Kb)
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25 Aug 2013
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25 Aug 2013
When Ryan Braun's statement was issued, a cry went up.. Show your face, you coward. Man up. Hold a news conference. The prepared statement was enough for me. Generally I'm not a fan of the written apology lite, which tends to be as heartfelt and human-sounding as a PG&E; statement. This time it was OK, for three reasons. -- The apology was well-written. Almost as if Braun himself contributed ... The theater eclipses the apology ... Phil ... So sue us ... Mr....(size: 5.3Kb)
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25 Aug 2013
When Ryan Braun's statement was issued, a cry went up.. Show your face, you coward. Man up. Hold a news conference. The prepared statement was enough for me. Generally I'm not a fan of the written apology lite, which tends to be as heartfelt and human-sounding as a PG&E; statement. This time it was OK, for three reasons. -- The apology was well-written. Almost as if Braun himself contributed ... The theater eclipses the apology ... Phil ... Mr ... Mr ... One....(size: 5.3Kb)
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25 Aug 2013
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25 Aug 2013
(ALL PLAYERS SENIORS UNLESS NOTED). 6. Birm. Detroit Country Day6. Birm. Detroit Country Day. Top players. Tyler Wiegers, 6-4, 215; WR Maurice Ways, 6-4, 200; RB Richie Wilson, 5-11, 215; C Mihir Dekhne, 6-3, 245; OG/DL Charlie Nino, 6-3, 260; LB Cal Coffman; DE/TE Derrick Coleman, 6-4, 220. Coach. Dan MacLean, 112-64, 16th season at Country Day. Overview ... 7. Southfield7. Southfield. Top players ... Coach ... 8 ... 9 ... 10 ... Noel Dean, 191-58; 169-32, 18th season....(size: 13.0Kb)
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25 Aug 2013
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24 Aug 2013
WASHINGTON -- National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden has been slammed by some as a “coward” for refusing to turn himself in to U.S. authorities and face espionage charges for shedding light on secret surveillance programs ... “They are not trustworthy. The majority of the United States Supreme Court is not trustworthy ... The senator went on to label Snowden a "coward." ... "Mr. Snowden is a coward who has chosen to run.". Sen ... Like ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)
Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".[1]
Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit, have remained in the regular theatre repertoire. He composed hundreds of songs, in addition to well over a dozen musical theatre works (including the operetta Bitter Sweet and comic revues), poetry, several volumes of short stories, the novel Pomp and Circumstance, and a three-volume autobiography. Coward's stage and film acting and directing career spanned six decades, during which he starred in many of his own works.
At the outbreak of World War II, Coward volunteered for war work, running the British propaganda office in Paris. He also worked with the Secret Service, seeking to use his influence to persuade the American public and government to help Britain. Coward won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his naval film drama, In Which We Serve, and was knighted in 1969. In the 1950s he achieved fresh success as a cabaret performer, performing his own songs, such as "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "London Pride" and "I Went to a Marvellous Party".
His plays and songs achieved new popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, and his work and style continue to influence popular culture. Coward did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality, but it was discussed candidly after his death by biographers including Graham Payn, his long-time partner, and in Coward's diaries and letters, published posthumously. The former Albery Theatre (originally the New Theatre) in London was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in his honour in 2006.
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Early years[link]
Coward was born in 1899 in Teddington, Middlesex, a suburb of London. His parents were Arthur Sabin Coward (1856–1937), a piano salesman, and Violet Agnes Coward (1863–1954), daughter of Henry Gordon Veitch, a captain and surveyor in the Royal Navy.[2] Noël Coward was the second of their three sons, the eldest of whom had died in 1898 at the age of six.[3] Coward's father lacked ambition and industry, and family finances were often poor. Coward was bitten by the performing bug early and appeared in amateur concerts by the age of seven. He attended the Chapel Royal Choir School as a young child. He had little formal schooling but was a voracious reader.[4]
Encouraged by his ambitious mother, who sent him to a dance academy in London,[5] Coward's first professional engagement was in January 1911 as Prince Mussel in the children's play The Goldfish.[6] In Present Indicative, his first volume of memoirs, Coward wrote:
One day ... a little advertisement appeared in the Daily Mirror.... It stated that a talented boy of attractive appearance was required by a Miss Lila Field to appear in her production of an all-children fairy play: The Goldfish. This seemed to dispose of all argument. I was a talented boy, God knows, and, when washed and smarmed down a bit, passably attractive. There appeared to be no earthly reason why Miss Lila Field shouldn't jump at me, and we both believed that she would be a fool indeed to miss such a magnificent opportunity.[7]
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Coward (left) with Lydia Bilbrook (centre) and Charles Hawtrey, 1911
The leading actor-manager Charles Hawtrey, whom the young Coward idolised and from whom he learned a great deal about the theatre, cast him in the children's play Where the Rainbow Ends. Coward played in the piece in 1911 and 1912 at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End.[8][9] In 1912 Coward also appeared at the Savoy Theatre in An Autumn Idyll (as a dancer in the ballet) and at the London Coliseum in A Little Fowl Play, by Harold Owen, in which Hawtrey starred.[10] Italia Conti engaged Coward to appear at the Liverpool Repertory Theatre in 1913, and in the same year he was cast as the Lost Boy Slightly in Peter Pan.[11] He reappeared in Peter Pan the following year, and in 1915 he was again in Where the Rainbow Ends.[12] He worked with other child actors in this period, including Hermione Gingold (whose mother threatened to turn "that naughty boy" out);[13] Fabia Drake; Esmé Wynne, with whom he collaborated on his earliest plays; Alfred Willmore, later known as Micheál MacLíammóir; and Gertrude Lawrence who, Coward wrote in his memoirs, "gave me an orange and told me a few mildly dirty stories, and I loved her from then onwards."[9][14][15]
In 1913, when Coward was 14, he became the protégé and probably the lover of Philip Streatfeild, a society painter.[16] Streatfeild introduced him to Mrs Astley Cooper and her high society friends.[17] Streatfeild died from tuberculosis in 1915, but Mrs Astley Cooper continued to encourage her late friend's protégé, who remained a frequent guest at her estate, Hambleton Hall.[18]
Coward continued to perform during most of World War I, appearing at the Prince of Wales's Theatre in 1916 in The Happy Family[15] and on tour with Amy Brandon Thomas's company in Charley's Aunt. In 1917, he appeared in The Saving Grace, a comedy produced by Hawtrey. Coward recalled in his memoirs, "My part was reasonably large and I was really quite good in it, owing to the kindness and care of Hawtrey's direction. He took endless trouble with me... and taught me during those two short weeks many technical points of comedy acting which I use to this day."[19]
In 1918, Coward was drafted into the Artists Rifles but was assessed as unfit for active service because of a tubercular tendency, and he was discharged on health grounds after nine months.[20] That year he appeared in the D. W. Griffith film Hearts of the World in an uncredited role. He sold short stories to several magazines to help his family financially.[4] He also began writing plays, collaborating on the first two (Ida Collaborates (1917) and Women and Whisky (1918)) with his friend Esmé Wynne.[21] His first solo effort as a playwright was The Rat Trap (1918) which was eventually produced at the Everyman Theatre, Hampstead, in October 1926.[22] During these years, he met Lorn McNaughtan,[23] who became his private secretary and served in that capacity for more than forty years, until her death.[4]
Inter-war successes[link]
In 1920, at the age of 20, Coward starred in his own play, the light comedy I'll Leave It to You. After a tryout in Manchester, it opened in London at the New Theatre (renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in 2006), his first full-length play in the West End.[24] Neville Cardus's praise in The Manchester Guardian was grudging.[25] Notices for the London production were mixed, but encouraging.[4] The Observer commented, "Mr Coward... has a sense of comedy, and if he can overcome a tendency to smartness, he will probably produce a good play one of these days."[26] The Times, on the other hand, was enthusiastic: "It is a remarkable piece of work from so young a head – spontaneous, light, and always 'brainy'."[27]
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Coward in The Knight of the Burning Pestle, 1920
The play ran for a month (and was Coward's first play seen in America),[24] after which Coward returned to acting in works by other writers, starring as Ralph in The Knight of the Burning Pestle in Birmingham and then London.[28] He did not enjoy the role, finding Francis Beaumont and his sometime collaborator John Fletcher "two of the dullest Elizabethan writers ever known ... I had a very, very long part, but I was very, very bad at it".[29] Nevertheless, The Manchester Guardian thought that Coward got the best out of the role,[30] and The Times called the play "the jolliest thing in London".[31]
Coward completed a one-act satire, The Better Half, about a man's relationship with two women. It had a short run at The Little Theatre, London, in 1922. The critic St. John Ervine wrote of the piece, "When Mr Coward has learned that tea-table chitter-chatter had better remain the prerogative of women he will write more interesting plays than he now seems likely to write."[32] The play was thought to be lost until a typescript was found in 2007 in the archive of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, the official censor of stage plays in the UK until 1968.[33]
In 1921, Coward made his first trip to America, hoping to interest producers there in his plays. Although he had little luck, he found the Broadway theatre stimulating.[4] He absorbed its smartness and pace into his own work, which brought him his first real success as a playwright with The Young Idea. The play opened in London in 1923, after a provincial tour, with Coward in one of the leading roles.[34] The reviews were good: "Mr Noël Coward calls his brilliant little farce a 'comedy of youth', and so it is. And youth pervaded the Savoy last night, applauding everything so boisterously that you felt, not without exhilaration, that you were in the midst of a 'rag'."[35] One critic, who noted the influence of George Bernard Shaw on Coward's writing, thought more highly of the play than of Coward's newly found fans: "I was unfortunately wedged in the centre of a group of his more exuberant friends who greeted each of his sallies with 'That's a Noëlism!'"[36] The play ran in London from 1 February to 24 March 1923, after which Coward turned to revue, co-writing and performing in André Charlot's London Calling![37]
In 1924, Coward achieved his first great critical and financial success as a playwright with The Vortex. The story is about a nymphomaniac socialite and her cocaine-addicted son (played by Coward). Some saw the drugs as a mask for homosexuality,[38] while Kenneth Tynan later described it as "a jeremiad against narcotics with dialogue that sounds today not so much stilted as high-heeled".[39] The Vortex was considered shocking in its day for its depiction of sexual vanity and drug abuse among the upper classes. Its notoriety and fiery performances attracted large audiences, justifying a move from a small suburban theatre to a larger one in the West End.[40] Coward, still having trouble finding producers, raised the money to produce the play himself. During the run of The Vortex, Coward met Jack Wilson, an American stockbroker (later a director and producer), who became his business manager and lover. Wilson used his position to steal from Coward, but the playwright was in love and accepted both the larceny and Wilson's heavy drinking.[41]
The success of The Vortex in both London and America caused a great demand for new Coward plays. In 1925 he premiered Fallen Angels, a three-act comedy that amused and shocked audiences with the spectacle of two middle-aged women slowly getting drunk while awaiting the arrival of their mutual lover.[42] Hay Fever, the first of Coward's plays to gain an enduring place in the mainstream theatrical repertoire, also appeared in 1925. It is a comedy about four egocentric members of an artistic family who casually invite acquaintances to their country house for the weekend and bemuse and enrage each other's guests. Some writers have seen elements of Coward's old mentor, Mrs Astley Cooper, and her set in the characters of the family.[43] By the 1970s the play was recognised as a classic, described in The Times as a "dazzling achievement; like The Importance of Being Earnest, it is pure comedy with no mission but to delight, and it depends purely on the interplay of characters, not on elaborate comic machinery."[44] By June 1925 Coward had four shows running in the West End: The Vortex, Fallen Angels, Hay Fever and On With the Dance.[45] Coward was turning out numerous plays and acting in his own works and others'. Soon, his frantic pace caught up with him, and he collapsed on stage in 1926 while starring in a stage adaptation of The Constant Nymph and had to take an extended rest in Hawaii.[41]
Other Coward works produced in the mid-to-late 1920s included the plays Easy Virtue (1926), a drama about a divorcée's clash with her snobbish in-laws; The Queen Was in the Parlour, a Ruritanian romance; This Was a Man (1926), a comedy about adulterous aristocrats; The Marquise (1927), an eighteenth-century costume drama; Home Chat (1927), a comedy about a married woman's fidelity; and the revues On With the Dance (1925) and This Year of Grace (1928). None of these shows has entered the regular repertoire, but the last introduced one of Coward's best-known songs, "A Room with a View".[46] His biggest failure in this period was the play Sirocco (1927), which concerns free love among the wealthy. It starred Ivor Novello, of whom Coward said, "the two most beautiful things in the world are Ivor's profile and my mind".[47] Theatregoers hated the play, showing violent disapproval at the curtain calls and spitting at Coward as he left the theatre.[41] Coward later said of this flop, "My first instinct was to leave England immediately, but this seemed too craven a move, and also too gratifying to my enemies, whose numbers had by then swollen in our minds to practically the entire population of the British Isles."[48]
By then one of the world's highest-earning writers, with an annual income in 1929 of £50,000,[49] Coward thrived during the Great Depression, writing a succession of popular hits.[50] These ranged from large-scale spectaculars to intimate comedies. Examples of the former were the operetta Bitter Sweet (1929), about a woman who elopes with her music teacher, and the historical extravaganza Cavalcade (1931) at Drury Lane, about thirty years in the lives of two families, which required a huge cast, gargantuan sets and a complex hydraulic stage. Its 1933 film adaptation won the Academy Award for best picture. Coward's intimate-scale hits of the period included Private Lives (1930) and Design for Living (1932). In Private Lives, Coward starred alongside his most famous stage partner, Gertrude Lawrence, together with the young Laurence Olivier. It was a highlight of both Coward's and Lawrence's career, selling out in both London and New York. Coward disliked long runs, and after this he made a rule of starring in a play for no more than three months at any venue.[41] Design for Living, written for Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, was so risqué, with its theme of bisexuality and a ménage à trois, that Coward premiered it in New York, knowing that it would not survive the censor in London.[51]
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Ivor Novello, top l.; Alfred Lunt, top r.; Lynn Fontanne, lower l.; and Judy Campbell – stars of Coward premières of the 1920s–1940s
In 1933, Coward wrote, directed and co-starred with French singer Yvonne Printemps in both London and New York productions of an operetta, Conversation Piece (1933).[41] Coward next wrote, directed and co-starred with Lawrence in Tonight at 8:30 (1936), a cycle of ten short plays that were shuffled to make a different playbill of three plays each night. One of these plays, Still Life, was expanded into the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter.[52] Tonight at 8:30 was followed by a musical, Operette (1937), from which the most famous number is "The Stately Homes of England", and a revue entitled Set to Music (1938, a Broadway version of his 1932 London revue, Words and Music).[53] Coward's last pre-war plays were This Happy Breed, a drama about a working-class family, and Present Laughter, a comic self-caricature with an egomaniac actor as the central character. These were first performed in 1942, although they were both written in 1939.[54]
Between 1929 and 1936, Coward recorded many of his best-known songs for His Master's Voice (HMV), now reissued on CD, including the romantic "I'll See You Again" from Bitter Sweet, the comic "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" from Words and Music, and "Mrs Worthington".[55]
World War II[link]
With the outbreak of World War II, Coward abandoned the theatre and sought official war work. After running the British propaganda office in Paris, where he concluded that "if the policy of His Majesty's Government is to bore the Germans to death I don't think we have time",[56] he worked on behalf of British intelligence.[57] His task was to use his celebrity to influence American public and political opinion in favour of helping Britain.[58] He was frustrated by British press criticism of his foreign travel while his countrymen suffered at home, but he was unable to reveal that he was acting on behalf of the Secret Service.[59] In 1942, George VI wished to award Coward a knighthood for his efforts, but was dissuaded by Winston Churchill. Mindful of the public view of Coward's flamboyant lifestyle, Churchill used as his reason Coward's ₤200 fine for contravening currency regulations in 1941.[59]
Had the Germans invaded Britain, Coward was scheduled to be arrested and killed, as he was in The Black Book along with other figures such as Virginia Woolf, Paul Robeson, Bertrand Russell, C. P. Snow and H. G. Wells. When this came to light after the war, Coward wrote: "If anyone had told me at that time I was high up on the Nazi blacklist, I should have laughed ... I remember Rebecca West, who was one of the many who shared the honour with me, sent me a telegram which read: 'My dear – the people we should have been seen dead with'."[60]
Churchill's view was that Coward would do more for the war effort by entertaining the troops and the home front than by intelligence work: "Go and sing to them when the guns are firing – that's your job!"[61] Coward, though disappointed, followed this advice. He toured, acted and sang indefatigably in Europe, Africa, Asia and America.[62] He wrote and recorded war-themed popular songs, including "London Pride" and "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans". His London home was wrecked by German bombs in 1941, and he took up temporary residence at the Savoy Hotel.[63] During one air raid on the area around the Savoy he joined Carroll Gibbons and Judy Campbell in impromptu cabaret to divert the captive guests from their fears.[64] Another of Coward's wartime projects, as writer, star, composer and co-director (alongside David Lean), was the naval film drama In Which We Serve. The film was popular on both sides of the Atlantic, and he was awarded an honorary certificate of merit at the 1943 Academy Awards ceremony.[65] Coward played a naval captain, basing the character on his friend Lord Louis Mountbatten. Lean went on to direct and adapt film versions of several Coward plays.[41]
Coward's most enduring work from the war years was the hugely successful black comedy Blithe Spirit (1941), about a novelist who researches the occult and hires a medium. A séance brings back the ghost of his first wife, causing havoc for the novelist and his second wife.[41] With 1,997 consecutive performances, it broke box-office records for the run of a West End comedy, and was also produced on Broadway, where its original run was 650 performances.[66] The play was later filmed by David Lean. Coward toured during the war years in Blithe Spirit, alternating the piece with his comedy Present Laughter and his working-class drama This Happy Breed.
In Coward's Middle East Diary, he made several statements that offended many Americans. In particular, he commented that he was "less impressed by some of the mournful little Brooklyn boys lying there in tears amid the alien corn with nothing worse than a bullet wound in the leg or a fractured arm".[67] After protests from both The New York Times and the Washington Post, the Foreign Office urged Coward not to visit the United States in January 1945. He did not return to America again during the war. In the aftermath of the war, Coward wrote an alternate history, Peace In Our Time, a play depicting an England occupied by Nazi Germany.[50]
Post-war career[link]
Coward's new plays after the war were moderately successful but failed to match the popularity of his pre-war hits.[68] Relative Values (1951) addresses the culture clash between an English aristocratic family and a Hollywood actress with matrimonial ambitions; South Sea Bubble (1951) is a political comedy set in a British colony; Quadrille (1952) is a drama about Victorian love and elopement; and Nude with Violin (1956, starring John Gielgud in London and Coward in New York) is a satire on modern art.[69] A revue, Sigh No More (1945), was a moderate success,[70] but two musicals, Pacific 1860 (1946), a lavish South Seas romance, and Ace of Clubs (1949), set in a night club, were financial failures.[71] In addition, his friends Charles Cochran and Gertrude Lawrence died in 1951 and 1952, respectively. Despite his disappointments during this period, Coward maintained a high public profile; his performance as King Magnus in Shaw's The Apple Cart for the Coronation season of 1953, co-starring Margaret Leighton, received much coverage in the press,[72] and his cabaret act, honed during his wartime tours entertaining the troops, was a supreme success, first in London at the Café de Paris, and later in Las Vegas.[73] The theatre critic Kenneth Tynan wrote:
To see him whole, public and private personalities conjoined, you must see him in cabaret ... he padded down the celebrated stairs ... halted before the microphone on black-suede-clad feet, and, upraising both hands in a gesture of benediction, set about demonstrating how these things should be done. Baring his teeth as if unveiling some grotesque monument, and cooing like a baritone dove, he gave us "I'll See You Again" and the other bat's-wing melodies of his youth. Nothing he does on these occasions sounds strained or arid; his tanned, leathery face is still an enthusiast's.... If it is possible to romp fastidiously, that is what Coward does. He owes little to earlier wits, such as Wilde or Labouchere. Their best things need to be delivered slowly, even lazily. Coward's emerge with the staccato, blind impulsiveness of a machine-gun.[39]
In 1955, Coward's cabaret act at Las Vegas, recorded live for the gramophone, and released as Noël Coward at Las Vegas[74] was so successful that CBS engaged him to write and direct a series of three 90-minute television specials for the 1955–1956 season. The first of these, Together With Music, paired Coward with Mary Martin, featuring him in many of the numbers from his Las Vegas act.[75] It was followed by productions of Blithe Spirit in which he starred with Claudette Colbert, Lauren Bacall and Mildred Natwick and This Happy Breed with Edna Best and Roger Moore. Despite excellent reviews, the audience viewing figures were moderate.[76]
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"Dad's Renaissance": Coward's popularity surged in the 1960s; this poster features Al Hirschfeld's drawing of Coward rather than the stars of this 1968 revival.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Coward continued to write musicals and plays. After the Ball, his 1953 adaptation of Lady Windermere's Fan, was the last musical he debuted in the West End; his last two musicals premiered on Broadway. Sail Away (1961), set on a luxury cruise liner, was Coward's most successful post-war musical, with productions in America, Britain and Australia.[77] The Girl Who Came to Supper, a musical adaptation of The Sleeping Prince (1963), ran for only three months.[78] He directed the successful 1964 Broadway musical adaptation of Blithe Spirit, called High Spirits. Coward's late plays include a farce, Look After Lulu! (1959), and a tragi-comic study of old age, Waiting in the Wings (1960), both of which were successful despite "critical disdain".[79] Coward argued that the primary purpose of a play was to entertain, and he made no attempt at modernism, which he felt was boring to the audience although fascinating to the critics. His comic novel, Pomp and Circumstance (1960), about life in a tropical British colony, met with more critical success.[80] Coward's final stage success came with Suite in Three Keys (1966), a trilogy set in a hotel penthouse suite. He wrote it as his swan song as a stage actor: "I would like to act once more before I fold my bedraggled wings."[81] The trilogy gained glowing reviews and did good box office business in the UK.[82] In one of the three plays, A Song at Twilight, Coward abandoned his customary reticence on the subject and played an explicitly homosexual character. The daring piece earned Coward new critical praise.[83] He intended to star in the trilogy on Broadway but was too ill to travel. Only two of the Suite in Three Keys plays were performed in New York, with the title changed to Noël Coward in Two Keys, starring Hume Cronyn.[84]
Coward won new popularity in several notable films later in his career, such as Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Our Man in Havana (1959), Bunny Lake is Missing (1965), Boom! (1968) and The Italian Job (1969).[85] Stage and film opportunities he turned down in the 1950s included an invitation to compose a musical version of Pygmalion (two years before My Fair Lady was written), and offers of the roles of the king in the original stage production of The King and I, and Colonel Nicholson in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai.[86] Invited to play the title role in the 1962 film Dr. No, he replied, "No, no, no, a thousand times, no."[87] In the same year, he turned down the role of Humbert Humbert in Lolita, saying, "At my time of life the film story would be logical if the 12-year-old heroine was a sweet little old lady."[88]
In the mid-1960s and early 1970s successful productions of his 1920s and 1930s plays, and new revues celebrating his music, including Oh, Coward! on Broadway and Cowardy Custard in London, revived Coward's popularity and critical reputation. He dubbed this comeback "Dad's Renaissance".[89] This began with a hit 1963 revival of Private Lives in London and then New York.[90] Invited to direct Hay Fever with Edith Evans at the National Theatre, he wrote in 1964, "I am thrilled and flattered and frankly a little flabbergasted that the National Theatre should have had the curious perceptiveness to choose a very early play of mine and to give it a cast that could play the Albanian telephone directory."[91]
Other examples of "Dad's Renaissance" included a 1968 Off Broadway production of Private Lives at the Theatre de Lys starring Elaine Stritch, Lee Bowman and Betsy von Furstenberg, and directed by Charles Nelson Reilly. Despite this impressive cast, Coward's popularity had risen so high that the theatre poster for the production used an Al Hirschfeld caricature of Coward (pictured)[92] instead of an image of the production or its stars. The illustration captures how Coward's image had changed by the 1960s: he was no longer seen as the smooth 1930s sophisticate, but as the doyen of the theatre. As The New Statesman wrote in 1964: "Who would have thought the landmarks of the Sixties would include the emergence of Noël Coward as the grand old man of British drama? There he was one morning, flipping verbal tiddlywinks with reporters about "Dad's Renaissance"; the next he was... beside Forster, T. S. Eliot and the OMs, demonstrably the greatest living English playwright."[93] Time magazine wrote that "in the '60s... his best work, with its inspired inconsequentiality, seemed to exert not only a period charm but charm, period."[1]
Death and honours[link]
By the end of the 1960s, Coward suffered from arteriosclerosis and, during the run of Suite in Three Keys, he struggled with bouts of memory loss.[94] This also affected his work in The Italian Job, and he retired from acting immediately afterwards.[95] He died at his home, Firefly Estate, in Jamaica on 26 March 1973 of heart failure[44] and was buried three days later on the brow of Firefly Hill, overlooking the north coast of the island. A memorial service was held in St Martin-in-the-Fields in London on 29 May 1973, for which the Poet Laureate, John Betjeman, wrote and delivered a poem in Coward's honour,[96] John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier read verse and Yehudi Menuhin played Bach. On 28 March 1984 a memorial stone was unveiled by the Queen Mother in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. Thanked by Coward's partner, Graham Payn, for attending, the Queen Mother replied, "I came because he was my friend."[97]
Coward was knighted in 1969 and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[98] He received a Tony Award for lifetime achievement.[99]
The Noël Coward Theatre in St Martin's Lane, originally opened in 1903 as the New Theatre and later called the Albery, was renamed in his honour after extensive refurbishment, re-opening on 1 June 2006. A statue of Coward was unveiled by the Queen Mother in the foyer of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1998.[100] There are also sculptures of Coward displayed in New York and Jamaica.[101] In 2008 an exhibition devoted to Coward was mounted at the National Theatre in London.[102] The exhibition was later hosted by the Museum of Performance & Design in San Francisco and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California.[103]
Personal life[link]
Coward was homosexual but, following the convention of his times, this was never publicly mentioned. The critic Kenneth Tynan's description in 1953 was close to an acknowledgment of Coward's sexuality: "Forty years ago he was Slightly in Peter Pan, and you might say that he has been wholly in Peter Pan ever since. No private considerations have been allowed to deflect the drive of his career; like Gielgud and Rattigan, like the late Ivor Novello, he is a congenital bachelor."[39]
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Coward as Slightly in Peter Pan, 1913
Coward firmly believed his private business was not for public discussion, considering "any sexual activities when over-advertised" to be tasteless.[104] Even in the 1960s, Coward refused to acknowledge his sexual orientation publicly, wryly observing, "There are still a few old ladies in Worthing who don't know."[105] Despite this reticence, he encouraged his secretary Cole Lesley to write a frank biography once Coward was safely dead.[106] Details of his sexual life emerged; for instance, from his youth Coward had a distaste for penetrative sex.[107][108]
Coward's most important relationship, which began in the mid-1940s and lasted until his death, was with the South African stage and film actor Graham Payn.[109] Coward featured Payn in several of his London productions. Payn later co-edited with Sheridan Morley the collection of Coward's diaries, published in 1982. Coward's other relationships included the playwright Keith Winter, actors Louis Hayward and Alan Webb, his manager John (Jack) C. Wilson (1899–1961) and the composer Ned Rorem, who published details of their relationship in his diaries.[110] Coward had a 19-year friendship with Prince George, Duke of Kent, but biographers differ on whether it was platonic.[111] According to Payn, Coward maintained that it was simply a friendship.[112] Coward said, on the duke's death, "I suddenly find that I loved him more than I knew."[113]
Coward maintained close friendships with many women, including the actress and author Esmé Wynne-Tyson, his first collaborator and constant correspondent; Gladys Calthrop, who designed sets and costumes for many of his works; his secretary and close confidante Lorn Loraine; the actresses Gertrude Lawrence, Joyce Carey and Judy Campbell; and "his loyal and lifelong amitié amoureuse", Marlene Dietrich[114]
In his profession, Coward was widely admired and loved for his generosity and kindness to those who fell on hard times. Stories are told of the unobtrusive way in which he relieved the needs or paid the debts of old theatrical acquaintances who had no claim on him.[44] Coward was the president of The Actors' Orphanage, which was supported by the theatrical industry. In that capacity, he befriended the young Peter Collinson, who was in the care of the orphanage. He became Collinson's godfather and helped him to get started in show business. When Collinson was a successful director, he invited Coward to play a role in The Italian Job. Graham Payn also played a small role in the film.[115]
In the 1950s, Coward left the UK for tax reasons, receiving harsh criticism in the press.[116] He first settled in Bermuda but later bought houses in Jamaica and Switzerland (in the village of Les Avants, near Montreux), which remained his homes for the rest of his life.[117] His expatriate neighbours and friends included Joan Sutherland, David Niven, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, and Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards in Switzerland[118] and Ian Fleming and his wife Ann in Jamaica. Coward was a witness at the Flemings' wedding, but his diaries record his exasperation with their constant bickering.[119]
Coward's political views were Conservative, but not unswervingly so: he despised the government of Neville Chamberlain for its policy of appeasing Nazi Germany, and he differed sharply with Winston Churchill over the abdication crisis of 1936. Whereas Churchill supported Edward VIII's wish to marry "his cutie", Wallis Simpson, Coward thought the king irresponsible, telling Churchill, "England doesn't wish for a Queen Cutie."[120] Coward disliked propaganda in plays: "The theatre is a wonderful place, a house of strange enchantment, a temple of illusion. What it most emphatically is not and never will be is a scruffy, ill-lit, fumed-oak drill hall serving as a temporary soap box for political propaganda."[121] Nevertheless, his own views sometimes surfaced in his plays: both Cavalcade and This Happy Breed are "overtly Conservative political plays written in the Brechtian epic manner."[122] In religion, Coward was agnostic. He wrote of his views, "Do I believe in God? I can't say No and I can't say Yes, To me it's anybody's guess."[123]
Coward spelled his first name with the diæresis ("I didn't put the dots over the 'e' in Noël. The language did. Otherwise it's not Noël but Nool!").[124] The press and many book publishers failed to follow suit, and his name was printed as 'Noel' in The Times, The Observer and other contemporary newspapers and books.[125]
The papers of Noël Coward are held in the University of Birmingham Special Collections.[126]
The Coward image[link]
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The Coward image: with cigarette holder, 1930
"Why", asked Coward, "am I always expected to wear a dressing-gown, smoke cigarettes in a long holder and say 'Darling, how wonderful'?"[127] The answer lay in Coward's assiduous cultivation of a carefully crafted image. As a suburban boy who had been taken up by the upper classes he rapidly acquired the taste for high life: "I am determined to travel through life first class."[128] He first wore a dressing gown onstage in The Vortex and used the fashion in several of his other famous plays, including Private Lives and Present Laughter.[129][130] In connection with the National Theatre's 2008 exhibition, The Independent commented, "His famous silk, polka-dot dressing gown and elegant cigarette holder both seem to belong to another era. But 2008 is proving to be the year that Britain falls in love with Noël Coward all over again."[102]
As soon as he achieved success he began polishing the Coward image: an early press photograph showed him sitting up in bed holding a cigarette holder: "I looked like an advanced Chinese decadent in the last phases of dope."[131] Soon after that, Coward wrote, "I took to wearing coloured turtle-necked jerseys, actually more for comfort than for effect, and soon I was informed by my evening paper that I had started a fashion. I believe that to a certain extent this was true; at any rate, during the ensuing months I noticed more and more of our seedier West-End chorus boys parading about London in them."[132] He soon became more cautious about overdoing the flamboyance, advising Cecil Beaton to tone down his outfits: "It is important not to let the public have a loophole to lampoon you."[133] However, Coward was happy to generate publicity from his lifestyle.[41] In 1969, he told Time magazine, "I acted up like crazy. I did everything that was expected of me. Part of the job." Time concluded, "Coward's greatest single gift has not been writing or composing, not acting or directing, but projecting a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise."[1]
Coward's distinctive clipped diction arose from his childhood: his mother was deaf and Coward developed his staccato style of speaking to make it easier for her to hear what he was saying; it also helped him eradicate a slight lisp.[134] His nickname, "The Master", "started as a joke and became true", according to Coward. It was used of him from the 1920s onwards.[135] Coward himself made light of it: when asked by a journalist why he was known as "The Master", he replied, "Oh, you know – Jack of all trades, master of none."[136] He could, however, joke about his own immodesty: "My sense of my importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my sense of my own importance to myself is tremendous."[137] When a Time interviewer apologised, "I hope you haven't been bored having to go through all these interviews for your [70th] birthday, having to answer the same old questions about yourself", Coward rejoined, "Not at all. I'm fascinated by the subject."[1]
Critical reputation and legacy[link]
Main article: Cultural impact of Noël Coward
The playwright John Osborne said, "Mr Coward is his own invention and contribution to this century. Anyone who cannot see that should keep well away from the theatre."[138] Kenneth Tynan wrote in 1964, "Even the youngest of us will know, in fifty years' time, exactly what we mean by 'a very Noel Coward sort of person'."[39] In praise of Coward's versatility, Lord Mountbatten said, in a tribute on Coward's seventieth birthday, "There are probably greater painters than Noël, greater novelists than Noël, greater librettists, greater composers of music, greater singers, greater dancers, greater comedians, greater tragedians, greater stage producers, greater film directors, greater cabaret artists, greater TV stars. If there are, they are fourteen different people. Only one man combined all fourteen different labels – The Master."[139]
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Tynan's was the first generation of critics to realise that Coward's plays might enjoy more than ephemeral success. In the 1930s, Cyril Connolly wrote that they were "written in the most topical and perishable way imaginable, the cream in them turns sour overnight".[140] What seemed daring in the 1920s and 1930s came to seem old-fashioned in the 1950s, and Coward never replicated the success of his pre-war plays.[39] By the 1960s, however, it was becoming clear that underneath the witty dialogue and the Art Deco glamour of the inter-war years, Coward's best plays also dealt with recognisable people and familiar relationships.[141] By the time of his death, The Times was writing of him, "None of the great figures of the English theatre has been more versatile than he", and the paper ranked his plays in "the classical tradition of Congreve, Sheridan, Wilde and Shaw".[44]
A symposium published in 1999 to mark the centenary of Coward's birth listed some of his major productions scheduled for the year in Britain and North America, including Ace of Clubs, After the Ball, Blithe Spirit, Cavalcade, Easy Virtue, Hay Fever, Present Laughter, Private Lives, Sail Away, A Song at Twilight, The Young Idea and Waiting in the Wings, with stars including Lauren Bacall, Rosemary Harris, Ian McKellen, Corin Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave and Elaine Stritch.[142] In another tribute, Tim Rice said of Coward's songs: "The wit and wisdom of Noël Coward's lyrics will be as lively and contemporary in 100 years' time as they are today",[121] and many have been recorded by Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John, Robbie Williams, Pet Shop Boys, The Divine Comedy, Vic Reeves, Joan Sutherland, Ian Bostridge, Damon Albarn, Michael Nyman, and others.[143][144][145]
Coward's music and writings and his characteristic voice and style have been widely parodied and imitated, for instance by Jonathan Meese and in Monty Python, Round the Horne and Privates on Parade.[146][147] Coward has frequently been depicted as a character in plays,[148][149] films, television and radio shows, for example, in the 1969 Julie Andrews film Star! (in which Coward was portrayed by his godson, Daniel Massey),[150] the award-winning BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart[151] and a BBC Radio 4 series.[152][153] On stage, characters based on Coward have included Beverly Carlton in the 1939 Broadway play The Man Who Came to Dinner.[154] A play about the friendship between Coward and Marlene Dietrich, called Lunch with Marlene, by Chris Burgess, ran at the New End Theatre in 2008. The second act presents a musical revue, including Coward songs such as "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans".[155]
Coward was an early admirer of the plays of Harold Pinter, and backed Pinter's film version of The Caretaker with a £1,000 investment.[156] Some critics have detected Coward's influence in Pinter's plays.[157] Tynan compared Pinter's "elliptical patter" to Coward's "stylised dialogue".[156] Pinter returned the compliment by directing the National Theatre's revival of Blithe Spirit in 1976.[158]
Plays[link]
- For plays that were written more than two years before the original production, a date of composition is given and the second date given is the year when first produced (fp).
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Revues, musicals, operetta and songs[link]
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Songs[link]
Coward wrote more than three hundred songs. The Noël Coward Society's website, drawing on performing statistics from the publishers and the Performing Rights Society, names "Mad About the Boy" (from Words and Music) as Coward's most popular song, followed, in order, by:
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In the society's second tier of favourites are:
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As a songwriter, Coward was deeply influenced by Gilbert and Sullivan, although he shared a dislike of their works common in his generation.[159][160] He recalled: "I was born into a generation that still took light music seriously. The lyrics and melodies of Gilbert and Sullivan were hummed and strummed into my consciousness at an early age. My father sang them, my mother played them... my aunts and uncles, who were legion, sang them singly and in unison at the slightest provocation."[161] His colleague Terence Rattigan wrote that as a lyricist Coward was "the best of his kind since W. S. Gilbert."[162]
Films[link]
Coward's plays adapted for film include:
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Notes[link]
- ^ a b c d "Noel Coward at 70", Time, 26 December 1969, accessed 2 May 2011
- ^ Morley, p. 2
- ^ Morley, p. 3
- ^ a b c d e Kenrick, John. "Noel Coward – Biographical Sketch", Coward 101 at Musicals 101: The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film, 2000, accessed 9 March 2009
- ^ Hoare, p. 19
- ^ "The Little Theatre", The Times, 28 January 1911, p. 12
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), pp. 21–22
- ^ Hoare, pp. 23–26
- ^ a b "Garrick Theatre", The Times, 12 December 1912, p. 8
- ^ "The Savoy Theatre", The Times, 26 June 1912, p. 10; "The Coliseum", 29 October 1912, p. 8; and "Varieties etc", 18 November 1912, p. 1
- ^ "The Cult of Peter Pan", The Times, 24 December 1913, p. 8
- ^ "Fairies at the Garrick", The Times, 28 December 1915, p. 10
- ^ Castle, p. 12
- ^ Hoare, pp. 27, 30 and 51
- ^ a b "The Happy Family", The Times, 19 December 1916, p. 11
- ^ Hoare, pp. 33–34
- ^ Evangeline Julia Marshall, eccentric society hostess (1854–1944), married Clement Paston Astley Cooper, grandson of Sir Astley Paston Cooper, on 10 July 1877. She inherited Hambleton Hall from her brother Walter Marshall (d. 1899), and there she entertained rising talents in the artistic world, including the painter Philip Streatfeild, the conductor Malcolm Sargent and the writer Charles Scott Moncrieff, as well as the young Coward. See Callow, Simon. "Englishman abroad", Guardian, 19 April 2006, accessed 8 February 2009; "Evangeline Julia Marshall", The Peerage, accessed 8 February 2009; and "History", Hambleton Hall website, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ Hoare, pp. 39–43
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), p. 66
- ^ Lesley, pp. 41–42
- ^ Plays and Musicals, The Noel Coward Society, noelcoward.net, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ Thaxter, John. "The Rat Trap", British Theatre Guide, 2006, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ later known by her married name, Lorn Loraine
- ^ a b Thaxter, John. I'll Leave It To You, British Theatre Guide, 2009
- ^ Cardus, Neville. "Gaiety Theatre", The Manchester Guardian, 4 May 1920, p. 13
- ^ Ervine, St John. "At the Play", The Observer, 25 July 1920, p. 9
- ^ "I'll Leave It to You", The Times, 22 July 1920, p. 10
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), pp. 104–05 and 112
- ^ Castle, p. 38
- ^ "The Knight of the Burning Pestle", The Manchester Guardian, 25 November 1920, p. 14
- ^ "A Jacobean Romp", The Times, 25 November 1920, p. 10
- ^ Ervine, St John. "New Grand Guignol Series", The Observer, 4 June 1922, p. 9
- ^ Thorpe, Vanessa. "Coward's long-lost satire was almost too 'daring' about women", The Observer, 16 September 2007, accessed 16 September 2007
- ^ Hoare, pp. 89–91
- ^ "New Play at the Savoy", The Times, 2 February 1923, p. 8
- ^ "The Young Idea", The Observer, 4 February 1923, p. 11. Coward himself acknowledged that Shaw's You Never Can Tell was the primary inspiration for The Young Idea: see Coward (Present Indicative), p. 114
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), pp. 112 and 150
- ^ Hoare, p. 129
- ^ a b c d e Tynan, pp. 286–88
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), pp. 182–85
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kenrick, John. "Noel Coward – Biographical Sketch – Part II", Coward 101 at Musicals 101: The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film, 2000, accessed 9 March 2009
- ^ "Fallen Angels", The Manchester Guardian, 23 April 1925, p. 12
- ^ Hoare, pp. 42–43
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Sir Noel Coward", The Times, 27 March 1973, p. 18
- ^ Morley, p. 107
- ^ a b "Appendix 3 (The Relative Popularity of Coward's Works)", Noël Coward Music Index, accessed 9 March 2009
- ^ Richards, p. 56
- ^ Richards, p. 26
- ^ More than £2,000,000 in terms of 2007 values: see "Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to 2007", Measuring Worth website, accessed 10 March 2009
- ^ a b Lahr, p. 93
- ^ Hoare, p. 249
- ^ Morley, pp. 226–28 and 230
- ^ Morley, pp. 237 and 239
- ^ Lahr, pp. 32 and 93
- ^ Naxos CDs 8.120559 and 8.120623
- ^ Richards, p. 105
- ^ Koch, Stephen. "The Playboy was a Spy", The New York Times, 13 April 2008, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ Harold Nicolson, speaking for the Ministry of Information, stated that Coward "possesses contacts with certain sections of opinion which are very difficult to reach through ordinary sources" – see Lesley, p. 215
- ^ a b Hastings, Chris. "Winston Churchill vetoed Coward knighthood", Telegraph.co.uk, 3 November 2007, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ Coward, Future Indefinite, p. 121
- ^ Morley, p. 246
- ^ "Light Entertainment", Time magazine, 19 July 1954, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ Hoare, p. 317
- ^ Hoare, p. 318
- ^ Search for Noel Coward at AMPAS Academy Awards database.
- ^ Blithe Spirit's West End record was overtaken by Boeing Boeing in the 1970s: Blithe Spirit, 2005/2006 Study Guide, Globe Theatre Guide, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ Calder, Robert. Beware the British serpent, p. 103
- ^ Lahr, p. 136
- ^ Lesley, pp. 314, 370 and 361
- ^ Morley, p. 308
- ^ Lesley, pp. 248 and 289
- ^ "Haymarket Theatre", The Times, 8 May 1953, p. 12; and Brown, Ivor. "Royal and Ancient", The Manchester Guardian, 8 May 1953, p. 5
- ^ Morley, pp. 339–40
- ^ Reissued in 2003 on CD by CBS – DRG 19037
- ^ Kenrick, John. "Noel Coward – Biography, Part III", Coward 101 at Musicals 101: The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film, accessed 16 February 2009
- ^ Payne and Morley, pp. 287–88, 304 and 314
- ^ Lesley, pp. 410–14, and 428–29
- ^ Lesley, p. 430
- ^ Simon, John. "Waiting in the Wings", The NY Magazine, 3 January 2000, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ Payne and Morley, pp. 451 and 453
- ^ Coward, Plays, Five, introduction, unnumbered page
- ^ Morley, p. 375
- ^ "Noel Coward's Skeleton Feast", The Times, 15 April 1966, p. 16
- ^ Hoare, p. 502
- ^ Hoare, pp. 380, 414, 491, 507 and 508
- ^ Hoare, pp. 387, 386, and 473
- ^ Day (2007), p. 310
- ^ Richards, p. 83
- ^ Hoare p. 479 et seq.
- ^ Morley, pp. 370–72
- ^ Morley, p. 369
- ^ The caricature was also used in connection with other Coward works, for example on his album of his ballet suite, "London Morning" (1959; reissued in 1978 on LP on DRG SL 5180 with the Hirschfeld drawing on the cover)
- ^ Ronald Bryden in The New Statesman, August 1964, quoted in Hoare, p. 479
- ^ Hoare, p. 501
- ^ Lesley, p. 454
- ^ "We are all here today to thank the Lord for the life of Noel Coward.
Noel with two dots over the 'e'
And the firm decided downward stroke of the 'l'.
We can all see him in our mind's eye
And in our mind's ear
We can hear the clipped decided voice". (Lesley, p. 481) - ^ Day (2007), p. 725
- ^ "Coward, Sir Noël", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 12 March 2009. Also available in print as Who Was Who Vol. VII (1971–1980), A & C Black, 1990. ISBN 978-0-7136-3227-9
- ^ Chronology The Noël Coward Society, Noelcoward.net, May 2001, accessed 27 August 2008
- ^ "Coward statue unveiled", BBC news, 8 December 1998, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ "Centenary Year – 1999", The Noël Coward Society, accessed 10 March 2009 and "Jamaica Gallery B", GlobalGayz.com, accessed 10 March 2009
- ^ a b Byrne, Ciar. "What's inspiring the Noël Coward renaissance?" The Independent, 21 January 2008, accessed on 17 March 2009
- ^ "Star Quality". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences site, accessed 14 March 2010
- ^ Payn, p. 248
- ^ Hoare, p. 509
- ^ Lesley, p. xvii
- ^ Hoare, p. 34
- ^ Kaplan, p. 34
- ^ Payn, passim
- ^ Hoare, pp. 162–63, 258, 261–62, 275, 273–74, and 469–70
- ^ Hoare, p. 122
- ^ Brandreth, Gyles (2004). Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage, London: Century. ISBN 0-7126-6103-4
- ^ Lesley, p. 231
- ^ Lesley, p. 176
- ^ Payn and Morley, p. 668
- ^ Lesley, p. 355
- ^ Lesley, p. 395
- ^ Lesley, p. 437
- ^ Lesley, p. 310; and Payn and Morley, p. 463
- ^ Lesley, pp. 187 and 197
- ^ a b Kenrick, John. "Noel Coward 101: Cowardy Quotations", Musicals101.com, The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ Kaplan, p. 4, quoting David Edgar
- ^ Coward: Not Yet the Dodo, Heinemann 1967, p. 54. He also said, "I keep an open mind, but I will be somewhat surprised if St Peter taps me on the shoulder and says: 'This way, Noël Coward, come up and try your hand on the harp.' I am no harpist." See Richards, pp. 64–65
- ^ Richards, p. 58
- ^ Even Cole Lesley's 1976 biography refers to Coward as "Noel": "...I have also forgone the use of his beloved diaeresis over the 'e' in his name, having no wish to dizzy the eye of the reader." (Lesley, p. xx)
- ^ Preliminary Listing of the Noël Coward Papers at University of Birmingham website, February 2008, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ Richards, p. 59
- ^ Richards, p. 28
- ^ Sacheli, Robert. "Joyeux Noel", Dandyism.net, 16 December 2006, accessed 17 March 2009
- ^ Private Lives, Act II, passim
- ^ Castle, p. 66
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), p. 183
- ^ Hoare, p. 201
- ^ Hoare, p. 16
- ^ Lesley, p. xx
- ^ Richards, p. 65
- ^ Richards, p. 67
- ^ "Noel Coward", Introduction page to NoelCoward.com, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ "Quotations from Coward's own words", NoelCoward.com, accessed 3 February 2009
- ^ Lahr, p. 2
- ^ Kaplan, pp. 7–13
- ^ Kaplan, pp. 217–21
- ^ Hoare, Philip. "Coward, Sir Noël Peirce (1899–1973)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 30 December 2008
- ^ "Noel Coward", Music Listing of works at Amazon UK, accessed 10 March 2009
- ^ For example, in the 1998 album Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noel Coward, Coward's songs are performed by Sting, Elton John, Pet Shop Boys, Paul McCartney and others.
- ^ "Sir Noel (Pierce) Coward", Cambridge Encyclopedia, Vol. 69
- ^ Nichols, Peter: Privates on Parade, Act 2, Scene 1 ("Noël, Noël")
- ^ Newley, Patrick. "Coward's confidante – Esme Wynne", The Stage, 4 March 2005, accessed 15 February 2009
- ^ Martin, Dominic. Making Dickie Happy, TheStage.co.uk., 27 September 2004, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ "Star! (1968)" Time Out Film Guide, accessed 16 February 2009
- ^ Grove, Valerie, "Carrying on Kenneth's pain", The Times, 27 December 1997, p. 19 and "Book Now" The Independent, 20 August 2008, p. 16
- ^ Garner, Ken, "Radio", The Express On Sunday, 23 June 2002; Hoyle, Martin. "Again the mother of all media", The Financial Times, 28 June 2002, p. 16; The Guardian: "Radio" 8 November 2003; and Deacon, Nigel. "Marcy Kahan Radio Plays", UK Diversity Website, accessed 16 February 2009, where Coward was dramatised as a detective in Design For Murder (2000), A Bullet at Balmain's (2003) and Death at the Desert Inn (2005), and as a spy in Blithe Spy (2002) and Our Man In Jamaica (2007), with Malcolm Sinclair playing Coward in each
- ^ "Audio and Broadcasts", The Noël Coward Society, 2007, accessed 11 March 2009
- ^ Isherwood, Charles. "The Man Who Came to Dinner", Variety, 28 July 2000, accessed 16 February 2009
- ^ Vale, Paul (9 April 2008). "Lunch with Marlene". Reviews (The Stage). http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/20351/lunch-with-marlene. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ a b Hoare, p. 458
- ^ Hoare, p. 269
- ^ "Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, The National Theatre, June 1976 (and tour)" at haroldpinter.org, 2003, accessed 7 March 2009
- ^ Day (2007), p. 125, quoting Coward: "I went to Iolanthe... beautifully done and the music lovely but dated. It's no use, I hate Gilbert and Sullivan".
- ^ Hart-Davis, Rupert (ed). Lyttelton/Hart-Davis Letters vol. 3, John Murray, 1981 ISBN 978-0-7195-3770-7. Lyttelton to Hart-Davis, 5 November 1958: "[Y]ou were of the generation which began to turn up its nose at the operettas".
- ^ Programme note for Cowardy Custard (1972) quoting The Noël Coward Song Book
- ^ Day (2007), p. 257
- ^ a b Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2004, accessed 30 December 2008: requires subscription; and Noel Coward at the IMDB database, accessed 12 March 2009
References[link]
- Castle, Charles. Noël, W. H. Allen, London, 1972. ISBN 0-491-00534-2.
- Coward, Noël. Plays, Five. Introduction by Sheridan Morley. Methuen, 1994. ISBN 0-413-51740-3
- Coward, Noël. Present Indicative. Autobiography to 1931. Heinemann, 1937. Methuen reissue, 2004 ISBN 978-0-413-77413-2
- Day, Barry (ed). The Letters of Noël Coward. Methuen, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7136-8578-7.
- Hoare, Philip. Noël Coward, A Biography. Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. ISBN 1-85619-265-2.
- Kaplan, Joel and Sheila Stowel. Look Back in Pleasure: Noël Coward Reconsidered. Methuen, 2000. ISBN 0-413-75500-2.
- Lahr, John. Coward the Playwright, Methuen, London, 1982. ISBN 0-413-48050-X.
- Lesley, Cole. The Life of Noël Coward. Cape, 1976. ISBN 0-224-01288-6.
- Mander, Raymond and Joe Mitchenson. Theatrical Companion to Coward. Updated by Barry Day and Sheridan Morley. Oberon, 2000. ISBN 1-84002-054-7.
- Morley, Sheridan. A Talent to Amuse. Heinemann 1969/Penguin Books, London, 1974. ISBN 0-14-003863-9.
- Payn, Graham and Sheridan Morley (eds.) The Noël Coward Diaries (1941–1969); Methuen, 1982. ISBN 0-297-78142-1.
- Payn, Graham. My Life with Noël Coward, Applause Books, 1994. ISBN 1-55783-190-4.
- Richards, Dick. The Wit of Noël Coward, Sphere Books, 1970. ISBN 0-7221-3676-5
- Tynan, Kenneth. Tynan on Theatre, Penguin Books, London, 1964. OCLC 949598
Further reading[link]
- Braybrooke, Patrick. The Amazing Mr Noel Coward. Denis Archer, 1933.
- Coward, Noël. Future Indefinite. Second volume of autobiography, World War II. Heinemann, 1954.
- Coward, Noël. Middle East Diary. A diary of a wartime tour to entertain the troops "from Gib to Baghdad". Heinemann, 1944.
- Coward, Noël. Past Conditional. Third volume (unfinished) of autobiography. Heinemann, 1986. ISBN 0-413-60660-0
- Coward, Noël. The Complete Stories. Methuen Paperback Original, 1985. ISBN 0-413-59970-1.
- Day, Barry (ed). Noël Coward: The Complete Lyrics. Methuen, 1998. ISBN 0-413-73230-4.
- Fisher, Clive. Noël Coward. Weidenfeld, 1992. ISBN 0-297-81180-0.
- Payn, Graham and Martin Tickner (eds.) Noël Coward: Collected Verse. Methuen, 1984, corrected edition 1987. ISBN 0-413-55150-4.
- Wynne-Tyson, Jon. Finding the Words: A Publishing Life, Michael Russell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-85955-287-X.
External links[link]
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Works
- Works by Noël Coward at Project Gutenberg (plain text and HTML)
- Works by Noël Coward at Internet Archive (audio, video, text)
- Rare videos of Noël Coward performing in 1955
- Noël Coward Collection in the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
- Audio (.ram files) of a 1969 interview by Patrick Garland for the BBC
Portals
- The Noël Coward Society
- Noël Coward 101 at the Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, Television and Film
- Coward timeline and photos of Coward
- Noel Coward plays on radio
- Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward Exhibition at the Museum of Performance & Design, 17 April – 29 August 2009
Misc
- Noël Coward at the Internet Broadway Database
- Noël Coward at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Noël Coward at the Internet Movie Database
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Coward, Noël Peirce Coward |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | English playwright and composer |
| Date of birth | 16 December 1899 |
| Place of birth | Teddington, Richmond upon Thames, England |
| Date of death | 26 March 1973 |
| Place of death | Blue Harbour, Port Maria, Jamaica |
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