The Lyrics of Noel Coward

Mad Dogs and Englishmen , Don''t Put your Daughter on the Stage , Mrs Worthington and over 250 more lyrics from Coward''s musical masterpieces. Noel Coward is one of the greatest lyricists of the twentieth century. Songs such as A Room with a View , The Stately Homes of England , Mad Dogs and Englishmen and Mrs Worthington are known, sung and loved the world over. This edition gathers together over 250 of Coward''s lyrics, arranged in chronological order and grouped by show. In addition, these masterpieces of verse are accompanied by an introduction and notes from the Master himself.

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 (1925), Private Lives (1933), Design for Living (1933) and Blithe Spirit (1941). During the war he wrote screenplays such as Brief Encounter (1944) and In Which We Serve (1942). In the fifties he began a new career as a cabaret entertainer. He published volumes of verse and a novel (Pomp and Circumstance, 1960), two volumes of autobiography and four volumes of short stories: To Step Aside (1939), Star Quality (1951), Pretty Polly Barlow (1964) and Bon Voyage (1967). He was knighted in 1970 and died three years later in Jamaica.

Product details

• Authors: Noel Coward, Noël Coward
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2002
• EAN: 9780413732408
• ISBN: 978-0-413-73240-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: World Classics; World Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Music > Sheet music; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Classical, opera, operetta, musical; Musicals, MUSIC / Printed Music / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Music of film and stage, Musical scores, lyrics and libretti