Noel+Coward



Noel Coward


 * Sir Noël Peirce Coward ** (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) he died at the age of 73 in Jamaica. He was born in Teddington, in England. He was the second of three sons. His family finances were poor growing up. He attended the Chapel Royal Choir School as a young child, he did not a have a normal education but was a very good reader. He was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer. Everyone knew him for his wit. He attended a dance academy as a child and was on stage before the age of 10. His first professional appearance was in a children's play, Goldfish. His work and style influenced popular culture. He was said to be homosexual but never once admitted it in public. In 2006, a Theatre in England was renamed after him. He worked undercover during World War II for British Intelligence. He won a tony award "for his multiple and immortal contributions to threatre". He also won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his naval film drama, In Which We Serve. Noel Coward was always engaged in working, from writing plays, songs as well as performing.

﻿ Plays ﻿ Ida Collaborates (with Esme Wynne), written and produced 1917 Whisky And Women (with Esme Wynne), written and produced 1918 The Rat Trap, written 1918, and produced 1926 I’ll Leave It To You, written 1919 and produced 1920 The Young Idea, written 1921 and produced 1922 Sirrocco, written 1921 and produced 1922 The Better Half (one-act), written 1921 and 1922 The Queen Was In the Parlour (originally called Nadya, then Souvenir, written 1922 and produced 1926 Mild Oats (one-act), written and produced 1922 The Vortex, written 1923, and produced 1924 Fallen Angels, written 1923 and produced 1925 Weatherwise (one-act), written 1923 and produced 1932 Hay Fever, written 1924 and produced 1925 Easy Virtue, written 1924 and produced 1925 Semi-Monde (originally called Ritz Bar) written 1924, and produced 1977 The Was A Man, written and produced 1926 The Marquise, written 1926 and produced 1927 Home Chat, written and produced 1927 Private Lives, written and produced 1930 Post-Mortem, written 1930 and produced 1944 Some Other Private Lives (parody of Private Lives; one-act), written and produved 1930 Cavalcade, written 1930-31 and produced 1931 Design for Living, written 1931 and produced 1933 Point Valaine, written and produced 1934 Tonight at 8.30(Tonight at 7:30 in Manchester) Three programmes of one-act plays listed as follows:, written and produced 1935 · We Were Dancing · The Astonished Heart · Red Peppers · Hands Across The Sea · Fumed Oak · Shadow Play · Family Album · Star Chamber (only performed once) · Ways and Means · Still Life Present laughter (originally called Sweet Sorrow), written and produced 1939 This Happy Breed, written and produced 1939 Blithe Spirit, written and produced 1941 Peace in Our Time, written 1946 and produced 1947 Long Island Sound, written 1947 and produced 2002 Island Fling (originally Home and Colonial; in the UK South Sea Bubble), written 1949 and produced 1951 Relative Values (originally Moxie), written 1950 and produced 1951 Quadrille, written in 1951 and produced 1952 Nude with Violin, written in 1954 and produced 1956 Volcano, written in 1956 and produced 2000 Look After Lulu, written in 1958 and produced 1959 Waiting In the Wings, written in 1959 and produced 1960 Suite in Three Keys (Suite in Two Keys in the US), written in 1965 and produced 1966 · A Song At Twilight · Shadows of the Evening · Come Into the Garden, Maud

Musicals

London Calling (part author), written in 1922 and produced 1923 On With The Dance, written in 1924-25 and produced 1928 This Year of Grace, written in 1927-28 and produced 1928 Words and Music, written and produced in 1932 Set To Music, written and produced 1938 Sigh No More, written and produced in 1945 Bitter Sweet, written and produced in 1929 Conversation Piece(Romantic Comedy with music), written in 1933 and produced 1934 Operette, written in 1937 and produced in 1938 Pacific 1860, written in 1945-46, and produced 1946 Ace of Clubs (musical play), written in 1949 and produced in 1950 After The Ball (musical play) written in 1953 and produced in 1954 Sail Away (musical comedy), written and produced in 1961 The Girl Who Came to Supper (Musical comedy, Coward wrote music & lyrics only), written and produced in 1962 High spirits (musical based on Blithe Spirit by Huge Martin and Timothy Gray. Originally called ‘Faster Than Sound’-Noel Coward Director), written in 1963 and produced in 1964 Mr. & Mrs. (Musical based on Fumed Oak & Brief Encounter- music and lyrics by John Taylor), written and produced in 1968

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