In “Blithe Spirit,” Charles Condomine hires a medium to come to a dinner party and lead a seance afterward. While he expects ...

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The young Noël Coward was often disparaged as a boy who was clever and knew it. You have to admire his response: “How do they think I could be clever and not know it?” The logic and tone are ...

In 1929, British Pathe shot footage of Noel Coward’s London sensation, the operetta “Bitter Sweet.” Nothing ever happened to the silent celluloid; it gathered dust at the British Pathe film library.

Prominent stage, movie, and television actor. Dramatist. Novelist. Lyricist. Composer. Singer. Cabaret star. Theatre and film director. Celebrated raconteur. Insightful diarist. Noel Coward (1899-1973 ...

In the hands of a master dramatist like Noël Coward, even the carryings-on and complaints of married couples become alluring enough to wring laughs even from those wounded by love. Although PlayMakers ...

With their production of Noël Coward's Fallen Angels currently running, the Menier Chocolate Factory have announced that ...

KRISTINE NIELSEN: How would I describe Present Laughter in one word scrumptious. [Instrumental music] MORITZ VON STUELPNAGEL: Present Laughter follows egocentric celebrity Garry Essendine in a series ...

British actor, composer and playwright Noel Coward poses aboard the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner as he arrives in New York City on July 30, 1947. (AP) Review by Wendy Smith Readers who relished the wit ...

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