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Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise". [1]
Jun 5, 2023 · Noel Coward: The dark side of the quintessential Englishman. 4 June 2023. By Holly Williams, Features correspondent. Altitude Films. (Credit: Altitude Films) The great playwright is famous for...
Jun 28, 2024 · Noël Coward (born December 16, 1899, Teddington, near London, England—died March 26, 1973, St. Mary, Jamaica) was an English playwright, actor, and composer best known for his highly polished comedies of manners.
May 23, 2023 · Although Coward, the boy from the south London suburb of Teddington who left school at the age of nine, was a student of the mores and manners of the British aristocracy, he had the grace and...
Noel Coward virtually invented the concept of Englishness for the 20th century. An astounding polymath - dramatist, actor, writer, composer, lyricist, painter, and wit -- he was defined by his Englishness as much as he defined it.
Noël Coward (1960) - Aged 61. Born in 1899, Noël Coward was raised as a working class boy in the London suburb of Teddington. His father was a travelling piano salesman and the family finances were often poor. His mother later ran a boarding house on the outskirts of Belgravia, London.
Noël Peirce Coward was born in 1899 and made his professional stage debut as Prince Mussel in The Goldfish at the age of 12, leading to many child actor appearances over the next few years. His breakthrough in playwriting was the controversial The Vortex (1924) which featured themes of drugs and adultery and made his name as both actor and ...
For a full list of songs written by Noël Coward, please visit the Noël Coward Music Index. A full list of various anthologies and collections can be found on the Further Reading section of the site. For more information about Coward’s Music & Film, click here.
Mar 27, 2023 · Coward’s brag, long after he was acclaimed as a playwright, composer, novelist, singer, painter, librettist, stage producer, film director and cabaret artist, typified the bravado...
Jun 1, 2023 · Richard Attenborough, late grandee of British cinema, is just one among the famous names to mimic Noël Coward in glossy new documentary Mad About the Boy. The impression proves a showstopper.
