| #1844230 in eBooks | 2014-07-21 | 2014-07-21 | File type: PDF||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Yet another string to the bow ...|By Jonathan Bryce|Warning - I'm a Noel Coward fan. He was once asked in an interview why he'd been so successful in such a range of endeavours, and he replied simply, "Talent". His poetry is clever, topical, light and airy - much as you'd expect it to be if you knew his songs. There are elements of depth but I suspect he wrote mainly to amus|About the Author||Noël Coward was born in Teddington, Middlesex, on 16 December 1899. His professional acting career began in 1911 and his writing career in 1918, and in the '50s he became a cabaret entertainer. In later years he lived in Bermuda and Switze
This volume brings together Coward's celebrated verse, from snappy epigrams to seven-hundred-line short stories such as 'P&O 1930' and 'NotYet the Dodo'; from moving war-time encounters to satirical barbs at familiar Coward targets; and from personal reminiscences to occasional verse such as his tribute to Ivor Novello or his counter-attack on Graham Greene.
Includes an introduction by Martin Tickner and Coward's long-time companion, ...
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