TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coward,Noël
AU  - Day,Barry
AU  - Coward,Noël
TI  - The Letters of Noël Coward
T2  - Diaries, Letters and Essays Series
SN  - 9781408147689
AV  - PR6005.O85 -- .L48 2007eb 
U1  - 822.912 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
KW  - Coward, Noel, -- 1899-1973 -- Correspondence
KW  - Coward, Noel, -- 1899-1973 -- Friends and associates
KW  - Coward, Noel, -- 1899-1973 -- Family
KW  - Dramatists, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence
KW  - Actors -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - With virtually all the letters in this volume previously unpublished - this is a revealing new insight into the private life of a legendary figure
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1769090
ER  -