| #573042 in eBooks | 2014-05-01 | 2014-05-01 | File type: PDF||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Annoying typos in kindle edition|By Kylie B|Only three pages into Private Lives and I've noticed numerous typos. Lines have said the wrong character name, giving three lines in a row attributed to the same character. This typo has happened twice in the first three pages of the play. Very disappointed.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.|About the Author|Noël Coward was born in 1899 in Teddington, Middlesex. He made his name as a playwright with The Vortex (1924), in which he also appeared. His numerous other successful plays included Fallen Angels (1925), Hay Fever (19
The plays in this volume demonstrate the extraordinary skill and versatility Coward's writing achieved in the late 1920s.
The volume contains his best-loved classic, Private Lives, which was an immeditate hit when it was first staged in 1930. Coward's sparkling dialogue and repartee have ensured the play's popularity ever since. Of Bitter-Sweet in 1929 Noël Coward wrote that it was "a musical that gave You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Coward Plays: 2: Private Lives; Bitter-Sweet; The Marquise; Post-Mortem: "Private Lives", "Bitter-Sweet", The "Marquise", " (World Classics) | Noël Coward. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.