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The Letters of Noël Coward.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Diaries, Letters and Essays SeriesPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (797 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781408147689
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Letters of Noël CowardDDC classification:
  • 822.912
LOC classification:
  • PR6005.O85 -- .L48 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Preface -- PART ONE: "BEGINNERS, PLEASE!" -- 1. The Boy Actor -- 2. "I Like America" -- 3. "Dance, Dance, Dance, Little Lady" -- INTERMISSION: DAB AND LORNIE -- 4. The Vortex -- 5. "Why Must the Show Go On?" -- 6. "I'm World Weary, World Weary" -- PART TWO: THE YEARS OF GRACE -- 7. This Year of Grace! -- 8. "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" -- INTERMISSION: GERTRUDE LAWRENCE -- 9. Private Lives -- INTERMISSION: PLAY PARADE -- 10. Cavalcade -- 11. Noël &amp -- Alfred &amp -- Lynn . . . and Their Design for Living -- 12. Conversation Piece . . . and Missing the Point -- 13. The Scoundrel . . . and Still Traveling Alone -- INTERMISSION: MARLENE DIETRICH -- 14. Tonight at 8:30 -- 15. Operette . . . and Straws in the Wind -- PART THREE: NOËL'S WAR -- 16. World War II: "Twentieth Century Blues" -- 17. "Then Along Came Bill" -- 18. World War II: "Faraway Land" -- 19. World War II: "In Which We Serve" -- 20. World War II: "I Travel Alone" -- PART FOUR: SHADOW PLAY -- 21. Sigh Once More . . . and a Storm in the Pacific -- 22. The Fallow Forties -- INTERMISSION: A QUADRILLE . . . FOR TWO -- 23. . . . and the Fitful Fifties -- 24. Nescafé Society . . . and the Small Screen -- 25. Bubbles . . . and Nudes -- 26. A Different Sky . . . and a Look at Lulu -- 27. A Visit to "Greeneland" . . . via Havana -- 28. Wings . . . and Sails -- INTERMISSION: A CHATTER OF CHUMS -- 29. Girls . . . and Spirits -- 30. "Dad's Renaissance" -- 31. Songs at Twilight -- 32. Shadow of Evening -- Permissions and Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: With virtually all the letters in this volume previously unpublished - this is a revealing new insight into the private life of a legendary figure.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Preface -- PART ONE: "BEGINNERS, PLEASE!" -- 1. The Boy Actor -- 2. "I Like America" -- 3. "Dance, Dance, Dance, Little Lady" -- INTERMISSION: DAB AND LORNIE -- 4. The Vortex -- 5. "Why Must the Show Go On?" -- 6. "I'm World Weary, World Weary" -- PART TWO: THE YEARS OF GRACE -- 7. This Year of Grace! -- 8. "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" -- INTERMISSION: GERTRUDE LAWRENCE -- 9. Private Lives -- INTERMISSION: PLAY PARADE -- 10. Cavalcade -- 11. Noël &amp -- Alfred &amp -- Lynn . . . and Their Design for Living -- 12. Conversation Piece . . . and Missing the Point -- 13. The Scoundrel . . . and Still Traveling Alone -- INTERMISSION: MARLENE DIETRICH -- 14. Tonight at 8:30 -- 15. Operette . . . and Straws in the Wind -- PART THREE: NOËL'S WAR -- 16. World War II: "Twentieth Century Blues" -- 17. "Then Along Came Bill" -- 18. World War II: "Faraway Land" -- 19. World War II: "In Which We Serve" -- 20. World War II: "I Travel Alone" -- PART FOUR: SHADOW PLAY -- 21. Sigh Once More . . . and a Storm in the Pacific -- 22. The Fallow Forties -- INTERMISSION: A QUADRILLE . . . FOR TWO -- 23. . . . and the Fitful Fifties -- 24. Nescafé Society . . . and the Small Screen -- 25. Bubbles . . . and Nudes -- 26. A Different Sky . . . and a Look at Lulu -- 27. A Visit to "Greeneland" . . . via Havana -- 28. Wings . . . and Sails -- INTERMISSION: A CHATTER OF CHUMS -- 29. Girls . . . and Spirits -- 30. "Dad's Renaissance" -- 31. Songs at Twilight -- 32. Shadow of Evening -- Permissions and Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

With virtually all the letters in this volume previously unpublished - this is a revealing new insight into the private life of a legendary figure.

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