Noel Coward


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  • Biography: 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".

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The verbal ingenuity of "Let's Do It" was such that Irving Berlin and No?l Coward tried their hand at writing extra verses, a few of which Ms. ... Full Article

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario (AP) -- George Bernard Shaw, patron saint of the Canadian theater festival that bears his name, is sharing center stage there days with another major playwright, Noel Coward. ... Full Article

N ever underestimate the power of a musical. That seems to be the lesson to be learned from the attendance at the Stratford and Shaw festivals this summer. ... Full Article

Contemporary uber-babe Jessica Biel steps into the snappy banter of Noel Coward's Roaring '20s in Easy Virtue, and it's an awkward fit. Simultaneously, director Stephan Elliott tries to make Coward's world more accessible to today's audiences with modern visual flourishes,... ... Full Article

The director of the bubbly "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" tackles the bubbly playwright No?l Coward for "Easy Virtue," a spirited adaptation of Coward's scandalous romp. ... Full Article

St. Paul, Minn. - Stephan Elliot looks fine now, but in 2004 he almost died in a skiing accident in the French Alps. He claims he was high on morphine when someone gave him a contract to write and direct... ... Full Article

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