Noël Coward (1899–1973)
Autor(a) de Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, Private Lives: Three Plays
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Image credit: Pirie MacDonald, from the Library of Congress
Séries
Obras por Noël Coward
Coward Plays: 3: Design for Living; Cavalcade; Conversation Piece; Tonight at 8.30 (i); Still Life (1979) 66 exemplares
Coward Plays: 4: Blithe Spirit; Present Laughter; This Happy Breed; Tonight at 8.30 (ii) (1979) 58 exemplares
Masterworks of the British Cinema: Brief Encounter / Henry V / The Lady Vanishes (1974) — Screenplay — 18 exemplares
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 exemplares
I'll See You Again 5 exemplares
The Battle Of The River Plate/In Which We Serve/We Dive At Dawn — Director — 4 exemplares
En tosset Week-end 4 exemplares
Noël Coward in New York 3 exemplares
The Astonished Heart — Play — 3 exemplares
Commedie 3 exemplares
Amore e protocollo 3 exemplares
The Noël Coward BBC Radio Drama Collection: Seven BBC Radio Full-Cast Productions (2018) 3 exemplares
Bitter sweet, and other plays 2 exemplares
The Compact Coward 2 exemplares
The Rat Trap 2 exemplares
Me And The Girls 2 exemplares
PLAY PARADE VI. Point Valaine, South Sea Bubble, Ace of Clubs, Nude with violin, Waiting in the Wings (1962) 2 exemplares
"Bitter Sweet" Overture 2 exemplares
La Primavera di S.Martino 2 exemplares
Sail Away (Playbill) [Vol 5 No 45] 1 exemplar
Bitter Sweet - 1960 Studio Cast - LP 1 exemplar
The Queen Was in the Parlour 1 exemplar
Words and Music 1 exemplar
Legends of the 20th Century 1 exemplar
Pacific 1860 1 exemplar
Noël Coward: His Talks in Australia 1 exemplar
Class [On with the Dance] 1 exemplar
Noel Coward, the Great Shows 1 exemplar
The Noel Coward Album 1 exemplar
The Stately Homes of England 1 exemplar
Sheet music (1) from this Broadway show. Song: I'll Follow My Secret Heart. Words and music by Noel Coward. (1934) 1 exemplar
Primavera di San Martino 1 exemplar
Oranges and Lemons [On with the Dance] 1 exemplar
Design For Living (Programme) [No 85] 1 exemplar
In which we serve 🎥 1 exemplar
Weatherwise 1 exemplar
Short Stories 1 exemplar
Shop-Girls 1 exemplar
Noël Coward Sings Noël Coward 1 exemplar
Quadrille 1 exemplar
Age Cannot Wither 1 exemplar
Design For Rehearsing 1 exemplar
Sail Away: Piano-Conductor Score 1 exemplar
Song At Twilight, A ; Act 1 & 2 1 exemplar
Some Other Private Lives 1 exemplar
Jij en hij, ik en zij 1 exemplar
هذا الجيل المحظوظ 1 exemplar
Palmen, Pomp und Paukenschlag : Roman 1 exemplar
Customs House, Dover 1 exemplar
Private Lives [1976 TV movie] 1 exemplar
The Swiss Family Whittlebot [London Calling] 1 exemplar
Star Chamber (To-night at 8:30) 1 exemplar
Mild Oats 1 exemplar
Breve incontro - Spirito allegro 1 exemplar
Bezoek uit de Tropen 1 exemplar
The Book of Comedy Sketches (BENNETT) 1 exemplar
Chelsea Buns 1 exemplar
Plays [of] Noël Coward / 4 1 exemplar
Sail Away, broadway cast 1 exemplar
Eskapade og andre noveller 1 exemplar
The Order of the Day [This Year of Grace] 1 exemplar
Love, Life and Laughter [This Year of Grace] 1 exemplar
Law and Order [This Year of Grace] 1 exemplar
Fairy Whispers [Words and Music] 1 exemplar
Rules of Three [This Year of Grace] 1 exemplar
The Plays of Noël Coward: First Series (Sirocco, Home Chat, The Queen Was in the Parlour) (1928) 1 exemplar
La dolce intimità 1 exemplar
Intermezzo 1 exemplar
The English Lido [This Year of Grace] 1 exemplar
Eloquence 1 exemplar
Half-Caste Woman [Cochran's 1931 Revue] 1 exemplar
Three plays 1 exemplar
The Kindness Of Mrs. Radcliffe 1 exemplar
Children's Hour [Words and Music] 1 exemplar
Glamorous Nights 1 exemplar
The Wooden Madonna 1 exemplar
Traveler's Joy 1 exemplar
Aunt Tittie 1 exemplar
Cheap Excursion 1 exemplar
Nature Study 1 exemplar
Cat's Cradle [The Third Little Show] 1 exemplar
A Richer Dust 1 exemplar
Mr. And Mrs. Edgehill 1 exemplar
Stop Me If You've Heard It 1 exemplar
Ashes Of Roses 1 exemplar
Mrs. Capper's Birthday 1 exemplar
Solali 1 exemplar
Mrs. Ebony 1 exemplar
The Lido Beach [This Year of Grace] 1 exemplar
Noel Coward, 1899-1973 1 exemplar
Noël Coward's New Musical Comedy: Sail Away 1 exemplar
Min egen Cavalcade 1 exemplar
Koninklijk bezoek 1 exemplar
On Air: Rare Unknown Broadcasts 1944-48 1 exemplar
La encantadora familia Bliss 1 exemplar
Woman and Whisky 1 exemplar
Journey's End [Words and Music] 1 exemplar
Noel Coward, Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 1 exemplar
Noel Coward Medley 1 exemplar
Ballet Music of Noël Coward 1 exemplar
Ignorance is Bliss [This Year of Grace] 1 exemplar
Centenary Celebration 1 exemplar
The Noel Coward Collection: Disc 3 1 exemplar
Midnight Matinee [Words and Music] 1 exemplar
A Song at Twilight 1 exemplar
Tonight at 8.30, Volume I 1 exemplar
The Songs of Noël Coward 1 exemplar
The Party's Over Now [Words and Music] 1 exemplar
Weary of It All [Set to Music] 1 exemplar
Secret Service [Set to Music] 1 exemplar
Pageant [Sigh No More] 1 exemplar
What Next 1 exemplar
Penny Dreadful 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 552 exemplares
Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Contribuidor — 96 exemplares
Twenty One-Act Plays: An Anthology for Amateur Performing Groups (1978) — Contribuidor — 36 exemplares
A Treasury of the Theatre: From Henrik Ibsen to Eugène Ionesco (1960) — Contribuidor — 32 exemplares
David Lean Directs Noël Coward: In Which We Serve / This Happy Breed / Blithe Spirit / Brief Encounter (2012) 28 exemplares
Songs That Won The War, Vol. 5: A Wing & A Prayer 2 exemplares
Matty — Introdução — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Coward, Noël
- Nome legal
- Coward, Noël Peirce
- Data de nascimento
- 1899-12-16
- Data de falecimento
- 1973-03-26
- Localização do túmulo
- Firefly Estate Grounds Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Teddington-on-Thames, Middlesex, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Firefly, Jamaica
- Causa da morte
- heart failure
- Locais de residência
- Middlesex, England
Jamaica - Ocupações
- actor
playwright
composer
lyricist - Relações
- Payn, Graham (partner)
Lesley, Cole (friend)
de Casalis, Jeanne (friend) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Honorary Academy Award (1943)
Knight Bachelor (1970)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement (1970)
Songwriters Hall of Fame (1988)
Membros
Críticas
This "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft. (fonte Imdb)
Coward’s play, written in 1939 and first produced in 1942 in the United Kingdom, and in 1946 in the United States is a hugely funny comedy of manners surround the domestic life of a famous stage actor, a rather wicked self-portrait of the author surrounded by a circle of friends and business partners, and plagued by a few ill-behaved fans. The first word of the title is pronounced as a verb, and assuredly has that effect when presented to an audience.
This 2017 edition of the acting script is introduced by Moritz von Stuelpnagal the director of the Broadway production that opened in April 2017, so it’s to be presumed that the technical details: stage directions, props lists, and stage design are based on that production.… (mais)
This 2017 edition of the acting script is introduced by Moritz von Stuelpnagal the director of the Broadway production that opened in April 2017, so it’s to be presumed that the technical details: stage directions, props lists, and stage design are based on that production.… (mais)
3.5*
While I enjoyed this full cast audiobook of the play, I didn't find it as funny as I expected. Perhaps it needed the visual aspect - I will have to see if I can find a video or film of this online somewhere.
While I enjoyed this full cast audiobook of the play, I didn't find it as funny as I expected. Perhaps it needed the visual aspect - I will have to see if I can find a video or film of this online somewhere.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 285
- Also by
- 44
- Membros
- 4,856
- Popularidade
- #5,172
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 66
- ISBN
- 348
- Línguas
- 6
- Marcado como favorito
- 18
This was a lot of fun. I hope to be able to see a live production of it someday.