Coward Plays Vol. 2: Private Lives - Bitter-Sweet - The Marquise - Post-Mortem
| Author/creator | Coward, Noël Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Methuen Drama [Imprint] London : A & C Black Gordonsville : Macmillan [Distributor] |
| Description | 384 p. 08.000 x 05.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ProQuest One Literature - U.S. Customers Only |
| Subjects |
| Series | World Classics Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation The plays in this volume demonstrate the extraordinary skill andversatility Coward's writing achieved in the late 1920s.The volume containshis best-loved classic, Private Lives, which was an immeditate hit whenit was first staged in 1930. Coward's sparkling dialogue and reparteehave ensured the play's popularity ever since. Of Bitter-Sweetin 1929 Noël Coward wrote that it was "a musical that gaveme more complete satisfaction than anything else I had yet written. Notespecially on acount of its dialogue or its lyrics or its music or itsproduction but as a whole." The Marquise is an "eighteenth centurycomedy" filled with maids and duels, whilst Post-Mortemis avilification of war that contains some of Coward's most powerfulwriting. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780413460806 |
| ISBN | 0413460800 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780413460806 |
| Stock number | 00015890 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |