Noel Coward in His Own Words - Couverture rigide

Coward, Noël

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0413774414 ISBN 13 : 9780413774415

Editeur : Methuen Drama, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Nol Coward

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Noël Coward was born in 1899 in Teddington, Middlesex. He made his name as a playwright with The Vortex (1924), in which he also appeared. His numerous other successful plays included Fallen Angels (1925), Hay Fever (1925), Private Lives (1933), Design for Living (1933) and Blithe Spirit (1941). During the war he wrote screenplays such as Brief Encounter (1944) and In Which We Serve (1942). In the fifties he began a new career as a cabaret entertainer. He published volumes of verse and a novel (Pomp and Circumstance, 1960), two volumes of autobiography and four volumes of short stories: To Step Aside (1939), Star Quality (1951), Pretty Polly Barlow (1964) and Bon Voyage (1967). He was knighted in 1970 and died three years later in Jamaica.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'In my time I have said some noteworthy and exceptionally memorable things' Noël Coward.

A delightful and revealing collection of quotations from the master
wordsmith, Noël Coward. In his plays, verse, song lyrics, stories
and everyday life, he chose his words to uniquely stylish and truthful
effect.

This insightful portrait includes not only his best-loved witticisms, bons mots and
lyrics but also excerpts from his private papers and hidden gems from
unpublished material. Barry Day delves into the whole range of Coward's
talents, as well as his thoughts on theatre, England, the Arts,
religion, life and the man himself. In His Own Words displays the usual frivolity, and a surprising capacity for depth and compassion.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Methuen Drama
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0413774414
• ISBN 13: 9780413774415
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144