Noël Coward (1899–1973)
Autore di Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, Private Lives: Three Plays
Sull'Autore
In 1964, when Hay Fever (1925) was placed in the repertory of the newly organized National Theatre, Noel Coward professed to be grateful: "Bless you for admitting that I'm a classic." A week-long series of Coward played on BBC television in 1969; there have been major revivals in London and New mostra altro York; plays long out of print have been republished in popular collections. At the start of the 1960s, though, Coward's reputation had been at an ebb, as he skirmished with the angry new drama. Coward had enjoyed no big success since Blithe Spirit of 1941. There have been attempts to assimilate the rehabilitated Coward to contemporary drama. Coward himself profited from the new freedom when, in 1965, his Song at Twilight discussed homosexuality, a subject that he had evaded throughout his career. A juvenile prodigy, Coward was by turns actor, director, composer, lyricist, autobiographer, and author of nearly 60 theater pieces. He even wrote screenplays, notably for In Which We Serve (1942) and Brief Encounter (1946). Although he specialized in light comedy, the so-called comedy of manners, he worked in many forms including patriotic spectacle, revue, musical, farce, even the problem play. Hay Fever, Blithe Spirit, and Private Lives (1930) have proved to be the most durable of his comedies, along with nine short plays presented as Tonight at 8:30. In each, characters demonstrate the combination of perpetual role playing, cool hedonism, and energizing self-absorption. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Pirie MacDonald, from the Library of Congress
Serie
Opere di Noël Coward
Coward Plays: 3: Design for Living; Cavalcade; Conversation Piece; Tonight at 8.30 (i); Still Life (1979) 66 copie
Coward Plays: 4: Blithe Spirit; Present Laughter; This Happy Breed; Tonight at 8.30 (ii) (1979) 59 copie
Masterworks of the British Cinema: Brief Encounter / Henry V / The Lady Vanishes (1974) — Screenplay — 18 copie
PLAY PARADE III. The Queen was in the Parlour, I'll Leave it to You, The Young Idea, Sirocco, The Rat Trap, This was a… (1950) 5 copie
I'll See You Again 5 copie
En tosset Week-end 4 copie
The Battle Of The River Plate/In Which We Serve/We Dive At Dawn — Regista — 4 copie
The Astonished Heart — Play — 3 copie
Noël Coward in New York 3 copie
Amore e protocollo 3 copie
Commedie 3 copie
La Primavera di S.Martino 2 copie
Bitter sweet, and other plays 2 copie
Me And The Girls 2 copie
PLAY PARADE VI. Point Valaine, South Sea Bubble, Ace of Clubs, Nude with violin, Waiting in the Wings (1962) 2 copie
"Bitter Sweet" Overture 2 copie
The Compact Coward 2 copie
The Rat Trap 2 copie
Noel Coward Medley 1 copia
Noel Coward, 1899-1973 1 copia
The Noel Coward Album 1 copia
Sail Away, broadway cast 1 copia
Noel Coward, the Great Shows 1 copia
The Stately Homes of England 1 copia
Sheet music (1) from this Broadway show. Song: I'll Follow My Secret Heart. Words and music by Noel Coward. (1934) 1 copia
Bezoek uit de Tropen 1 copia
Quadrille 1 copia
Private Lives [1976 TV movie] 1 copia
Mild Oats 1 copia
Breve incontro - Spirito allegro 1 copia
Design For Rehearsing 1 copia
Chelsea Buns 1 copia
هذا الجيل المحظوظ 1 copia
Noël Coward Sings Noël Coward 1 copia
Jij en hij, ik en zij 1 copia
Age Cannot Wither 1 copia
Sail Away: Piano-Conductor Score 1 copia
Short Stories 1 copia
Primavera di San Martino 1 copia
Words and Music 1 copia
The Queen Was in the Parlour 1 copia
Song At Twilight, A ; Act 1 & 2 1 copia
Legends of the 20th Century 1 copia
In which we serve 🎥 1 copia
Plays [of] Noël Coward / 4 1 copia
Pacific 1860 1 copia
Three plays 1 copia
What Next 1 copia
Journey's End [Words and Music] 1 copia
Fairy Whispers [Words and Music] 1 copia
Weary of It All [Set to Music] 1 copia
Secret Service [Set to Music] 1 copia
Pageant [Sigh No More] 1 copia
Woman and Whisky 1 copia
Customs House, Dover 1 copia
Weatherwise 1 copia
Shop-Girls 1 copia
Some Other Private Lives 1 copia
Eskapade og andre noveller 1 copia
Star Chamber (To-night at 8:30) 1 copia
Class [On with the Dance] 1 copia
Glamorous Nights 1 copia
The Wooden Madonna 1 copia
La encantadora familia Bliss 1 copia
The Songs of Noël Coward 1 copia
Centenary Celebration 1 copia
A Song at Twilight 1 copia
Tonight at 8.30, Volume I 1 copia
Ballet Music of Noël Coward 1 copia
Min egen Cavalcade 1 copia
Koninklijk bezoek 1 copia
Eloquence 1 copia
Traveler's Joy 1 copia
Ashes Of Roses 1 copia
Aunt Tittie 1 copia
Cheap Excursion 1 copia
The Kindness Of Mrs. Radcliffe 1 copia
Nature Study 1 copia
A Richer Dust 1 copia
Mr. And Mrs. Edgehill 1 copia
Stop Me If You've Heard It 1 copia
Mrs. Capper's Birthday 1 copia
Solali 1 copia
Mrs. Ebony 1 copia
The Plays of Noël Coward: First Series (Sirocco, Home Chat, The Queen Was in the Parlour) (1928) 1 copia
La dolce intimità 1 copia
Intermezzo 1 copia
Penny Dreadful 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 552 copie
Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Collaboratore — 96 copie
David Lean Directs Noël Coward: In Which We Serve / This Happy Breed / Blithe Spirit / Brief Encounter (2012) 28 copie
Matty — Introduzione — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Coward, Noël
- Nome legale
- Coward, Noël Peirce
- Data di nascita
- 1899-12-16
- Data di morte
- 1973-03-26
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Firefly Estate Grounds Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Teddington-on-Thames, Middlesex, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Firefly, Jamaica
- Causa della morte
- heart failure
- Luogo di residenza
- Middlesex, England
Jamaica - Attività lavorative
- actor
playwright
composer
lyricist - Relazioni
- Payn, Graham (partner)
Lesley, Cole (friend)
de Casalis, Jeanne (friend) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Honorary Academy Award (1943)
Knight Bachelor (1970)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement (1970)
Songwriters Hall of Fame (1988)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 284
- Opere correlate
- 44
- Utenti
- 4,860
- Popolarità
- #5,169
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 66
- ISBN
- 348
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 18