Author: Noël Coward
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408177366
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Philip Hoare, in his biography of Coward described Semi-Monde as his "most daring play to date. In a chic Parisian hotel, a series of sexual pairings take place through rendezvous, arguments, infidelities and reconciliations: sexual deviance is undisguised...set in the bisexual 1920s, the play could easily be populated by characters of Coward's society". Point Valaine is "the drama of a lurid episode of lust in the semi-tropics.. unmistakably the work of a master of the stage" (New York Times); South Sea Bubble which concerns "the Governor's lady in the Isle of Samolo who plays with native fire, nearly gets her wings singed, bashes her native admirer with a bottle and at one of those Coward next-morning-at breakfast scenes slips her way out of the scrape with feline grace." (Manchester Guardian) whilst Nude With Violin is a witty comedy about art fraud.
Coward Plays: 6
Author: Noël Coward
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408177366
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Philip Hoare, in his biography of Coward described Semi-Monde as his "most daring play to date. In a chic Parisian hotel, a series of sexual pairings take place through rendezvous, arguments, infidelities and reconciliations: sexual deviance is undisguised...set in the bisexual 1920s, the play could easily be populated by characters of Coward's society". Point Valaine is "the drama of a lurid episode of lust in the semi-tropics.. unmistakably the work of a master of the stage" (New York Times); South Sea Bubble which concerns "the Governor's lady in the Isle of Samolo who plays with native fire, nearly gets her wings singed, bashes her native admirer with a bottle and at one of those Coward next-morning-at breakfast scenes slips her way out of the scrape with feline grace." (Manchester Guardian) whilst Nude With Violin is a witty comedy about art fraud.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408177366
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Philip Hoare, in his biography of Coward described Semi-Monde as his "most daring play to date. In a chic Parisian hotel, a series of sexual pairings take place through rendezvous, arguments, infidelities and reconciliations: sexual deviance is undisguised...set in the bisexual 1920s, the play could easily be populated by characters of Coward's society". Point Valaine is "the drama of a lurid episode of lust in the semi-tropics.. unmistakably the work of a master of the stage" (New York Times); South Sea Bubble which concerns "the Governor's lady in the Isle of Samolo who plays with native fire, nearly gets her wings singed, bashes her native admirer with a bottle and at one of those Coward next-morning-at breakfast scenes slips her way out of the scrape with feline grace." (Manchester Guardian) whilst Nude With Violin is a witty comedy about art fraud.
Home Chat
Author: Noël Coward
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350025372
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
I am shirking off the chains that have shackled me for so long – I have suddenly come to realise that I am a woman – a living, passionate, pulsating woman – it never occurred to me before. Janet Ebony and her best friend, Peter Chelsworth, are innocently sharing a sleeping compartment when their train to Paris is involved in a disastrous railway accident. Outrage and scandal ensue as Janet's husband, Paul, and her fearsome mother-in-law accuse Janet and Peter of adultery. Aghast at their families' accusations, Janet and Peter decide to take revenge by inventing an adulterous affair ... Written with Noël Coward's trademark wit and insight, Home Chat is a distinctly modern comedy about female sexuality and fidelity in a society rigidly governed by decorum and reputation. This edition was published to coincide with the first revival of the play since its premiere in 1927.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350025372
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
I am shirking off the chains that have shackled me for so long – I have suddenly come to realise that I am a woman – a living, passionate, pulsating woman – it never occurred to me before. Janet Ebony and her best friend, Peter Chelsworth, are innocently sharing a sleeping compartment when their train to Paris is involved in a disastrous railway accident. Outrage and scandal ensue as Janet's husband, Paul, and her fearsome mother-in-law accuse Janet and Peter of adultery. Aghast at their families' accusations, Janet and Peter decide to take revenge by inventing an adulterous affair ... Written with Noël Coward's trademark wit and insight, Home Chat is a distinctly modern comedy about female sexuality and fidelity in a society rigidly governed by decorum and reputation. This edition was published to coincide with the first revival of the play since its premiere in 1927.
Three Plays by Noel Coward: Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever [and] Private Lives
Author: Noel Coward
Publisher: [New York] : Dell Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Blithe Spirit is a comic play by Noël Coward, described by the author as "an improbable farce in three acts". The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book.
Publisher: [New York] : Dell Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Blithe Spirit is a comic play by Noël Coward, described by the author as "an improbable farce in three acts". The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book.
The Marquise
Blithe Spirit
Author: Noël Coward
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408191520
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
I will ever be grateful for the almost psychic gift that enabled me to write Blithe Spirit in five days during one of the darkest years of the war.' Written in 1941, Blithe Spirit remained the longest-running comedy in British Theatre for three decades thereafter. Plotted around the central role of one of Coward's best loved characters, a spirit medium Madame Arcati (originally performed by Margaret Rutherford) Coward's play is an escapist comedy about a man whose two previous wives return to haunt him. "A minor comic masterpiece of the lighter sort" Professor Allardyce Nicoll
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408191520
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
I will ever be grateful for the almost psychic gift that enabled me to write Blithe Spirit in five days during one of the darkest years of the war.' Written in 1941, Blithe Spirit remained the longest-running comedy in British Theatre for three decades thereafter. Plotted around the central role of one of Coward's best loved characters, a spirit medium Madame Arcati (originally performed by Margaret Rutherford) Coward's play is an escapist comedy about a man whose two previous wives return to haunt him. "A minor comic masterpiece of the lighter sort" Professor Allardyce Nicoll
Private Lives
Author: Noel Coward
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
ISBN: 9780573619250
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Een gescheiden echtpaar ontmoet elkaar weer na vijf jaar, terwijl zij beiden op huwelijksreis zijn met hun nieuwe partner.
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
ISBN: 9780573619250
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Een gescheiden echtpaar ontmoet elkaar weer na vijf jaar, terwijl zij beiden op huwelijksreis zijn met hun nieuwe partner.
Star Quality
Author: Noël Coward
Publisher: Methuen Drama
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Coward's legendary last play finally received its London premiere in 2001. With all the biting wit and insight you'd expect, this is an evocative farewell from the master of the London stage.
Publisher: Methuen Drama
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Coward's legendary last play finally received its London premiere in 2001. With all the biting wit and insight you'd expect, this is an evocative farewell from the master of the London stage.
Post-mortem
Author: Noel Coward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Cavalcade
Author: Noël Coward
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258212780
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258212780
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Ibsen Plays: 6
Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780413153005
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Michael Meyer's pioneering contemporary versions of Ibsen have been praised by the great British drama critic, Kenneth Tynan, as being Crisp, cobweb free, purged of verbal Victoriana.
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780413153005
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Michael Meyer's pioneering contemporary versions of Ibsen have been praised by the great British drama critic, Kenneth Tynan, as being Crisp, cobweb free, purged of verbal Victoriana.