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Noël Coward

Writing 73 (deceased) years old Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK ★ 0.5
Born: December 15, 1899
Died: March 26, 1973

Biography

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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".

Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, 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), 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.

At the outbreak of World War II, 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".

His plays and songs achieved new popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, and his work and style continue to influence popular culture. Coward 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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Known For

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Writer 1965
The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play Writer 1964
F
Festival Writer 1963
Alta comedia
Alta comedia Theatre Play 1970
T
The Jazz Age Writer 1968

Filmography

Acting Credits (26)

Directing Credits (2)

Writing Credits (85)

Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels Writer 2026
Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit Writer 2023
Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit Theatre Play 2023
Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit Theatre Play 2020
Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit Writer 2020
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter Screenplay 2019
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Noël Coward's Present Laughter Theatre Play 2017
Alice
Alice Original Story 2017
Private Lives
Private Lives Theatre Play 2013
Burton and Taylor
Burton and Taylor Theatre Play 2013
Easy Virtue
Easy Virtue Theatre Play 2008
The Red Peppers
The Red Peppers Novel 2001
Relative Values
Relative Values Story 2000
Relative Values
Relative Values Original Story 2000
Final Act
Final Act Writer 1987
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill Original Story 1985
Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage Story 1985
Me and the Girls
Me and the Girls Writer 1985
What Mad Pursuit
What Mad Pursuit Writer 1985
Mrs Capper's Birthday
Mrs Capper's Birthday Short Story 1985
Star Quality
Star Quality Writer 1985
Hay Fever
Hay Fever Writer 1984
A Song At Twilight
A Song At Twilight Writer 1982
Come Into The Garden Maud
Come Into The Garden Maud Writer 1982
Present Laughter
Present Laughter Writer 1981
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe Writer 1981
The Marquise
The Marquise Writer 1980
Intimitäten
Intimitäten Writer 1980
Design for Living
Design for Living Writer 1979
Private Lives
Private Lives Writer 1976
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter Author 1976
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels Original Story 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Theatre Play 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Writer 1974
Alta comedia
Alta comedia Theatre Play 1970
The Vortex
The Vortex Writer 1969
The Jazz Age
The Jazz Age Writer 1968
Um Breve Encontro
Um Breve Encontro Story 1968
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Mrs. Capper's Birthday Story 1968
Interlude
Interlude Writer 1968
Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly Story 1967
Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly Original Story 1967
ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse Writer 1967
Anglická sobota
Anglická sobota Short Story 1967
Present Laughter
Present Laughter Writer 1967
Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit Theatre Play 1966
Oh, diese Geister
Oh, diese Geister Theatre Play 1966
Al calar del sipario
Al calar del sipario Writer 1965
Estudio Uno
Estudio Uno Writer 1965
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Writer 1965
Geisterkomödie
Geisterkomödie Theatre Play 1965
The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play Writer 1964
A Choice of Coward: Design for Living
A Choice of Coward: Design for Living Writer 1964
A Choice of Coward: The Vortex
A Choice of Coward: The Vortex Original Story 1964
A Choice of Coward: Blithe Spirit
A Choice of Coward: Blithe Spirit Original Story 1964
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter Original Story 1964
A Choice of Coward
A Choice of Coward Theatre Play 1964
Festival
Festival Writer 1963
Geisterkomödie
Geisterkomödie Theatre Play 1962
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre Writer 1956
Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit Theatre Play 1956
Meet Me Tonight
Meet Me Tonight Theatre Play 1952
Meet Me Tonight
Meet Me Tonight Writer 1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Story 1951
The Astonished Heart
The Astonished Heart Writer 1950
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter Theatre Play 1945
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter Screenplay 1945
Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit Theatre Play 1945
Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit Screenplay 1945
This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed Theatre Play 1944
In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve Writer 1942
We Were Dancing
We Were Dancing Theatre Play 1942
Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet Theatre Play 1940
Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet Lyricist 1940
Private lives
Private lives Writer 1940
Design for Living
Design for Living Theatre Play 1933
Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet Novel 1933
Cavalcade
Cavalcade Screenplay 1933
Cavalcade
Cavalcade Novel 1933
Cavalcade
Cavalcade Writer 1933
Tonight Is Ours
Tonight Is Ours Author 1933
Private Lives
Private Lives Theatre Play 1931
Easy Virtue
Easy Virtue Writer 1928
The Vortex
The Vortex Author 1928
The Queen Was in the Parlour
The Queen Was in the Parlour Theatre Play 1927

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