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Witty and sophisticated, a brilliant dramatist and a charismatic actor, the multitalented Noël Coward was one of the most colorful personalities who ever strode across the stage. These diaries chronicle the last 30 years of his life, from his wartime concert tours through his private and professional depression in the 1950s to his triumphant reemergence and knighthood in the 1960s and '70s. "Compulsive reading...what Coward has to say about other people is light-hearted, witty, often shrewd, totally without malice...his final entertainment for everyone's pleasure are these diaries." --Sunday Times. "A constant delight. A goldmine of gossip with a cast of a thousand stars."
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About the Author
Writer of Novels, Short Stories, Fiction, Autobiography/Memoir, Plays, Biography, Film, Poetry, Music, Songs/Lyrics and libretti; Actor, Singer, Director, Producer, and Nightclub Entertainer. Born 1899, England. His first theatre role came in 1909, and he began writing for the stage in 1920. With his play The Vortex in 1924 his success was assured. He went on to write many of the most successful plays and lyrics of the century, including 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen', and Private Lives and Blithe Spirit. He died in his home in Jamaica in 1973.
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Coward's diaries from 1941 to 1969 offer an intimate look at the last 30 years of the life of the popular, sophisticated British playwright and author. While some of the entries are of the "Stayed out until 4 at Mrs. B___'s party" variety, more of them give insight into Coward's well-connected life. Coward knew or met hundreds of people working in the theater, the movies, and the government, and encounters with Vivien Leigh, Marilyn Monroe, King George IV, Winston Churchill and the Queen Mother, to name just a few, are included here. Excellent footnotes provided by editors Morley and Payn (My Life with Noel Coward) give a one-sentence description of such notables as "Larry" (Laurence Olivier) and "Dickie" (Lord Louis Mountbatten). Coward wrote these diaries with an eye toward publishing and therefore seemed to take great care to write, if not kindly about everyone, then perhaps not as harshly as he could have. Still, there are enough juicy tidbits to satisfy any biography-reading seeker of stars, starlets, and royalty. A thorough index enhances star browsing. For public libraries. J. Sara Paulk, Coastal Plain Reg. Lib., Tifton, GA
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- PublisherPhoenix
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1842120662
- ISBN 13 9781842120668
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages704
- EditorPayn Graham, Morley Sheridan
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