The letters of Noël Coward / edited by Barry Day
2007, 1st edition. London, England ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #385624
ISBN: 9780713685787
Physical description; 797 pp. 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 & Alfred & Lynn . . . and Their Design for Living; 12. Conversation Piece . . . and Missing the Point; 13. The Scoundrel . . . and Still Traveling AloneINTERMISSION: 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 Nudes26. 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. Subjects; Coward, Noel 1899-1973. Correspondence. Friends and associates. Family. Actors Great Britain. Dramatists.
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