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Informationen zum Autor Noël Coward Klappentext The Seventh volume in the Coward Collection. On Quadrille : "Miss Fontanne plays the madcap Marchioness with thecrackle and sheen of a five-pound note. Her eyes mock marvelously, hervoice cuts like a knife into a wedding cake, and the scene in ActThree, on the eve of her elopement with Mr. Lung, is as delicious ascrushed ice." Evening Standard , 1952. "The idea of Peace in Our Time ",Coward wrote "was conceived in Paris shortly after the Liberation. . .I began to suspect that the physical effect of four years intermittentbombing is far less damaging to the intrinsic character of a nationthan the spiritual effect of four years enemy occupation."Thevolume also contains four pieces from the Tonight at 8.30 sequence: WeWere Dancing "provides a marvelously compact illustration of the waythe English public school spirit prevails even in moments of strenuouspassion." " Shadow Play is a musical fantasy. . . which gave Gertie andme a chance to sing as romantically as we could, dance in the moonlightand, we hoped, convince the audience that we were very fascinatingindeed"; and " Family Album - a sly satire on Victorian hypocrisy,adorned with an unobtrusive but agreeable musical score. It wasstylised both in its decor and its performance, was a joy to play andprovided the whole talented company with good parts." Star Chamber ,closely based on Coward's experiences trying to co-ordinate his Actors'Orphanage charity committee, is published here for the first time. Zusammenfassung The Seventh Coward volume, including four pieces from the Tonight at 8.30 sequence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Quadrille; 'Peace in Our Time'; Tonight at 8.30 (iii)
