The Essential Noel Coward Compendium: The Very Best of His Work, Life and Times by Barry Day - USED

Product Description
Noel Coward was a prolific entertainer with over fifty plays and musicals, songs, verse, two and a half volumes of autobiography, books of quotations, a novel, diaries, and letters to his name. For fans and newcomers to Coward's work, this compendium represents the very best of Noel Coward in one entertaining volume - with extracts from the best scenes from his plays, and screenplays, songs, poems, and a entire short story. Brief extracts are also included from his autobiography, diaries and letters, caricature drawings, photographs, anecdotes and trivia. If you only buy one book on Noel Coward, or do not have time to wade through other more substantial works on his life and times, this book represents an excellent tasting menu for those who want to sample the full flavour of Coward.
Review
'...proof...that Noel Coward is at the very least one of the most versatile performing artists that has ever been seen, heard, read and listened to.' The Britsh Theatre Guide Website (November 2009) 'If you only buy one book on Coward, or do not have time to wade through other more substantial works, this collection represents excellent value.' AS Magazine (October 2009) '...Day's carefully chosen collection provides an excellent introduction to the work of one of the great figures of 20th-century popular literature.' Good Book Guide (November 2009)
About the Author
Editor Barry Day has written extensively on Noel Coward. Having co-authored My Life with Noel Coward with Graham Payn, he edited Coward's Revue Sketches and Parodies, co-edited the revised Theatrical Companion to Coward and edited and annotate the Complete Lyrics. He then edited The Unknown Noel, a collection of previously unpublished material from the Coward Archive. His most recent work is the acclaimed, The Letters of Noel Coward. He was awarded an OBE for services to British Culture in the US.

ISBN: 9781408108697