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16 December 1899 - 26 March 1973
plawright, actor, composer, singer
Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".

Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit, have remained in the regular theatre repertoire. He composed hundreds of songs, in addition to well over a dozen musical theatre works (including the operetta Bitter Sweet and comic revues), screenplays, poetry, several volumes of short stories, the novel Pomp and Circumstance, and a three-volume autobiography. Coward's stage and film acting and directing career spanned six decades, during which he starred in many of his own works, as well as those of others.

At the outbreak of the Second World War Coward volunteered for war work, running the British propaganda office in Paris. He also worked with the Secret Service, seeking to use his influence to persuade the American public and government to help Britain. Coward won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his naval film drama In Which We Serve and was knighted in 1969. In the 1950s he achieved fresh success as a cabaret performer, performing his own songs, such as "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "London Pride" and "I Went to a Marvellous Party".

Coward's plays and songs achieved new popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, and his work and style continue to influence popular culture. He did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality, but it was discussed candidly after his death by biographers including Graham Payn, his long-time partner, and in Coward's diaries and letters, published posthumously. The former Albery Theatre (originally the New Theatre) in London was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in his honour in 2006.
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As Ralph in the knight of the burning pestle, 1920
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“cary grant met me at the airport and drove me to his small house by the sea in Santa Monica. He was friendly and cheerful as usual; he he House was comfortable; he gave me a car and chauffeur and a valet of my own so that I should b no way dependent on his comings and goings and could drive about,elegantly pressed and groomed, to visit the studios and call upon my friends.” Noel Coward in future indefinite
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noel coward singing for sailors abroad HMS Victorious in Ceylon, August 1944, with Norman Catforth at piano
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“i can sing certain songs to my own accompaniment, but i am far happier and more at ease when there is someone to play for me. I find that i can command more authority over my audience when i am standing up; also, when chained to the piano, half my attention is devoted to my playing with the result that the projection of the lyrics is more difficult and often less effective.” Noel Coward in future indefinite

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noel coward in the play vortex
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noel coward in play design for living
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noel coward in play private lifes with gertrude lawrence
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noel coward in the play private lifes with gertrude lawrence
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noel coward in the play private lifes with gertrude lawrence
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