The Lyrics of Nol Coward
By (Author) Nol Coward
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
1st August 2006
New Edition - New ed
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Music of film and stage
782.42164092
Paperback
264
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
350g
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.
"He is simply a phenomenon, and one that is unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history" Terence Rattigan
Nol 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 Switzerland, where he turned novelist. He was knighted in 1970, and died in Jamaica in 1973.