A report on Noël Coward
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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John Gielgud
18 linksEnglish actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades.
English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades.
In the same year Noël Coward chose Gielgud as his understudy in his play The Vortex.
Gertrude Lawrence
12 linksEnglish actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.
English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.
Dean then cast her in his next production, Gerhart Hauptmann's Hannele, where she first met Noël Coward.
Hay Fever (play)
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Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss.
Present Laughter
8 linksPresent Laughter is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 but not produced until 1942 because the Second World War began while it was in rehearsal, and the British theatres closed.
Laurence Olivier
10 linksEnglish actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.
English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.
In 1930 he had his first important West End success in Noël Coward's Private Lives, and he appeared in his first film.
Graham Payn
7 linksGraham Payn (25 April 1918 – 4 November 2005) was a South African-born English actor and singer, also known for being the life partner of the playwright Noël Coward.
Savoy Theatre
7 linksWest End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England.
West End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England.
In addition to The Mikado and other famous Gilbert and Sullivan premières, the theatre has hosted such premières as the first public performance in England of Oscar Wilde's Salome (1931) and Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit (1941).
West End theatre
10 linksMainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.
Mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.
The theatre was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in 2006 after the playwright Noël Coward.