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"A uniquely charming and enticing journey through a remarkable life. Coward's own record is made all the more delightful by the wise and helpful interpolations of Barry Day, the soundest authority on the Master that there is." Stephen Fry "A far more complex figure than the one we thought we knew. Here you get the truly private Noel" Sheridan Morley With virtually all the letters in this volume previously unpublished - this is a revealing new insight into the private life of a legendary figure. Coward's multi-faceted talent as an actor, writer, composer, producer and even as a war-time spy(!), brought him into close contact with the great, the good and the merely ambitious in film, literature and politics.With letters to and from the likes of: George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Winston Churchill, Greta Garbo (she wrote asking him to marry her), Marlene Dietriech, Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Fred Astaire, Charlie Chaplin, FD Roosevelt, the Queen Mother and many more, the picture that emerges is a series of vivid sketches of Noel Coward's private relationships, and a re-examination of the man himself. Deliciously insightful, witty, perfectly bitchy, wise, loving and often surprisingly moving, this extraordinary collection gives us Coward at his crackling best. A sublime portrait of a unique artist who made an indelible mark on the 20th century, from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond.
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'Precocious, provocative and painfully funny...reveals the wit, tenderness - and temper - of one of our most eloquent writers' --Sunday Telegraph
'Coward's correspondence - woven together into the skeleton of a biography by Barry Day [is a] portrait of a vanished age' --The Times
'Day's selection illustrates how Coward was plugged unerringly into the zeitgeist... Day's choices are admirably wide-ranging, the many illustrations often unfamiliar or previously unseen' --The Spectator
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'Coward's correspondence - woven together into the skeleton of a biography by Barry Day [is a] portrait of a vanished age' --The Times
'Day's selection illustrates how Coward was plugged unerringly into the zeitgeist... Day's choices are admirably wide-ranging, the many illustrations often unfamiliar or previously unseen' --The Spectator
Barry Day is widely regarded as the leading authority on Coward. He has been an advisor to the Coward estate for over 20 years and is the only person with unlimited access to the Coward archive.
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- EditoreMethuen Drama
- Data di pubblicazione2007
- ISBN 10 0713685786
- ISBN 13 9780713685787
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine800
- RedattoreBarry Day
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Methuen Drama, London
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. This copy has been signed by the editor Barry Day on the title page, with no other dedication. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition, it still has its 'Signed Copy' banner. it has been covered in clear, removable, mylar, protective film. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. With virtually all the letters in this volume previously unpublished - this is a revealing new insight into the private life of a legendary figure. Coward's multi-faceted talent as an actor, writer, composer, producer and even as a war-time spy(!), brought him into close contact with the great, the good and the merely ambitious in film, literature and politics.With letters to and from the likes of: George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Winston Churchill, Greta Garbo (she wrote asking him to marry her), Marlene Dietriech, Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Fred Astaire, Charlie Chaplin, FD Roosevelt, the Queen Mother and many more, the picture that emerges is a series of vivid sketches of Noel Coward's private relationships, and a re-examination of the man himself.Deliciously insightful, witty, perfectly bitchy, wise, loving and often surprisingly moving, this extraordinary collection gives us Coward at his crackling best. A sublime portrait of a unique artist who made an indelible mark on the 20th century, from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond. Ref TTT 1. Signed by Editor. Codice articolo 033185
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