The Noel Coward Diaries - With a Foreword by Stephen Fry

The unexpurgated diaries of one of the greatest, most talented, and wittily flamboyant characters of the 20th century. With a new introduction by Stephen Fry

About the author

Noel Coward was a world renowned playwright, actor, director and entertainer. During the war he ran the British Propaganda Office in Paris, and also worked with the Secret Service. Coward won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his film In Which We Serve and was knighted in 1969.

Graham Payn, who appeared in many of Noel Coward's plays, was his life-long partner and friend. Sheridan Morley was a drama and theatre critic and author of over dozen theatre and film books.

Summary

The unexpurgated diaries of one of the greatest, most talented, and wittily flamboyant characters of the 20th century. With a new introduction by Stephen Fry

Foreword

The unexpurgated diaries of one of the greatest, most talented, and wittily flamboyant characters of the 20th century.
With a new introduction by Stephen Fry

Additional text

Compulsive reading: a very clear portrait. What Coward has to say about other people is light-hearted, witty, often shrewd, totally without malice ... His final entertainment for everyone's pleasure is these diaries

Product details

• Authors: Sheridan Morley, Graham Payn, Payn Graham
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.11.2022
• EAN: 9781398709218
• ISBN: 978-1-398-70921-8
• No. of pages: 768
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 48 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous, HISTORY / Social History, Memoirs, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Individual actors & performers, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Theatre: individual actors & directors, Social and cultural history, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Individual actors and performers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+