The Treasures of Noel Coward: Star Quality - Hardcover

Barry Day

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0233003495 ISBN 13: 9780233003498

Publisher: Welbeck Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

From the daring playwright of the 1930s and consummate filmmaker of the war years to the witty songwriter and cabaret performer of the 1950s and 1960s, Noël Coward's broad-ranging theatrical career was one of the most interesting and influential of the 20th century. This celebratory volume gives a resumé of his life and achievements and includes a DVD of rare film footage and facsimiles of 21 personal documents including hand-written letters, publicity material, photographs, lyrics and song sheets.

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Review:

A Noel Coward treasure trove --Telegraph

The Treasures of Noel Coward is not your everyday coffee-table book. It s more of an enchanting pop-up for grownups, bursting with rare memorabilia pieces. An elegant scrapbook of sorts, it includes Noel Coward s baptism card, a letter from Douglas Fairbanks Jr. after seeing In Which We Serve and Noel s tribute to Marlene Dietrich for her cabaret debut in Paris. Most of all, it is a celebration of the life and work of this fabled figure who, 40 years after his death, is still a household name today. --Another Magazine

A fascinating new book --Times

About the Author:

Barry Day O.B.E. was born in England and received his M.A. from Balliol College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Trustee of the Noel Coward Foundation. He was awarded the O.B.E. for "services to British culture in the USA." The world's foremost expert on Noel Coward, he wrote Coward On Film: The Cinema of Noel Coward, Noel Coward: The Complete Illustrated Lyrics, The Noel Coward Reader, The Letters of Noel Coward and My Life With Noel Coward (with Graham Payne). He lives in New York City, London and Palm Beach.

About this edition

• Publisher: Welbeck Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0233003495
• ISBN 13: 9780233003498
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64