"This special edition, published to mark the centenary of Sir Noel Coward's birth, records an extraordinary career as writer, actor, producer and director that spanned almost sixty years. Coward's major works - Hay Fever, Private Lives and Blithe Spirit - have proved so durable that they have entered the standard repertory alongside the plays of George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde, Day and Morley, following the original Mander and Mitchenson format, have restored the lost years since the Companion's first publication in 1958 with synopses and first-night cast lists of all Coward's major plays, together with lesser known works such as Waiting in the Wings, The Girl Who Came to Supper, Suite in Three Keys, Post Mortem, Semi-Monde and Volcano. Each entry is accompanied by extracts from Coward's own autobiographical writings, and the reviews of the contemporary critics from each first night, whether in the UK or America."--BOOK JACKET.