The Noel Coward Diaries

by Payn, Graham; Morley, Sheridan

• ISBN13: 9780306809606
• ISBN10: 0306809605
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-07
• Publisher: Da Capo

Summary

Noel Coward is remembered as the most witty and elegant of theatrical personalities. He left behind over fifty plays, twenty-five films, hundreds of songs, and several books. Fortunately, he also left behind these diaries chronicling the last thirty years of his life, from 1941 to 1973. Moving through the theatrical, social, political, and historical worlds on both sides of the Atlantic, the impressive cast of characters includes Laurence Olivier, Frank Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, John and Jackie Kennedy, Harold Pinter, members of the Royal Family, and the Beatles, among a host of others.The Noel Coward Diariesis a social and theatrical chronicle as stylish and irresistible as the man himself.

Author Biography

Graham Payn, a lifelong friend of Coward who appeared in many of his most successful plays, now lives at Chalet Coward in Switzerland, from where he runs the Coward estate. Sheridan Morley is the drama critic of the Spectator and the International Herald Tribune and author of the first Coward biography, A Talent to Amuse.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Second Edition	vii
Introduction	1	(4)
Prologue: The War Years 1941-45	5	(22)
The Diaries 1945-1969	27	(653)
Chronology	680	(3)
Index	683