NOEL COWARD (1899 - 1973)
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Noel Coward
Ace of Clubs |
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1950 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | some items in The Noel Coward Songbook | 1953 | ||
Studio cast recording: Bayview (B00021QEKO) | 2004 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Music and lyrics by Noel Coward | ||||
Synopsis: Soho night club singer Pinkie Leroy falls in love with a sailor. They get mixed up with crooks and a missing diamond necklace. | ||||
After the Ball |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1954 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Chappell, London | 1954 | ||
Original cast recording: Sepia (1043) | 1954 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Coward, from a play by Wilde | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
All Clear |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1939 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Better Half, The |
| 1st Produced: | Little Theatre, London | 1922 | ||
| Company: | Grand-Guignol Company | |||
| 1st Published: | script in the British Library | - | ||
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| Genre: | Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: plot revolves around the romantic lives of the three characters, David, Marion and Alice. | ||||
Bitter-Sweet |
| 1st Produced: | His Majesty's Theatre, London | 1929 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Secker, London | 1929 | ||
London Revival cast recording: TER (CDTER2 1160) | 1988 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Coward | ||||
Synopsis: Everything that wealthy London society had to offer a properly brought-up girl lay at the feet of little Sarah Millick in 1875; but she fell so desperately in love with her handsome young singing master that she threw it all away in order to be with him. | ||||
Blithe Spirit |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1941 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Doubleday, NY | 1941 | ||
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| Genre: | Improbable Farce | Farce | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Bottles and Bones |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1922 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Cavalcade |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1931 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London | 1933 | ||
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Synopsis: - | ||||
Charles B Cochran's 1931 Revue |
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1931 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Charlot's London Revue of 1924 |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1924 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Charlot's Revue of 1926 |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1925 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Come Into the Garden Maud |
| 1st Produced: | Queen's Theatre, London | 1966 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London | 1966 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: part of Suite in Three Keys | ||||
Synopsis: A plea for homosexual tolerance within an earnestly moral set of works. | ||||
Conversation Piece |
| 1st Produced: | Musical | His Majesty's Theatre, London | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London | 1934 | ||
Studio cast recording: Columbia (SL-163) | 1951 | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Music and lyrics by Noel Coward | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Co-Optimists, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1922 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: A Pierrotic Entertainment | ||||
Design for Living |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1933 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Doubleday, New York | 1933 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Leo to Gilda: " I love you. You love me. You love Otto. I love Otto. Otto loves you. Otto loves me". | ||||
Easy Virtue |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1925 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Harper, New York | 1926 | ||
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Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Fallen Angels |
| 1st Produced: | Globe Theatre, London | 1925 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Ernest Bell Ltd, London | 1925 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Two rich married women get roaring drunk while planning adultery with the same French lover. | ||||
Girl Who Came to Supper, The |
| 1st Produced: | Broadway Theater, New York | 1963 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
Original cast recording: Columbia (KOS-2420) | 1964 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Music by Noël Coward; Book by Harry Kurnitz; Lyrics by Noël Coward; Based on the play "The Sleeping Prince" by Terence Rattigan | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Globe Revue, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1952 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Hay Fever |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1925 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Ernest Bell Ltd, London | 1925 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Methuen Drama, London >>> | ||||
Synopsis: Noel Cowards classic comedy is set in the country home of the eccentric Bliss family Judith, a recently retired stage actress, David , a self-absorbed novelist and their two equally bohemian children who all live in their own world where the boundaries between reality and fiction are extremely blurred. Upon entering this domain, their unsuspecting weekend guests an upright diplomat, a shy flapper, an athletic boxer, and a fashionable sophisticate are repeatedly thrown into wildly melodramatic situations by their hosts. The resulting pandemonium is a joy to witness. | ||||
Home Chat |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1927 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Secker, London | 1927 | ||
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Synopsis: - | ||||
Ida Collaborates |
| 1st Produced: | Aldershot, Hampshire | 1917 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: with Esmé Wynne | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
I'll Leave it to You |
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1920 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1920 | ||
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| Genre: | Light Comedy in Three Acts | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: - | ||||
In Which We Serve |
| 1st Produced: | Screenplay | 1942 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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Island Fling |
| 1st Produced: | Westport, Connecticut | 1951 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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Notes: aka South Sea Bubble | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Kindness of Mrs. Redcliffe, The |
| 1st Produced: | Radio Play | 1951 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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London Calling! |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1923 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | some items included in The Collected Sketches and Lyrics | 1931 | ||
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| Genre: | Revue | Show | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: with Ronald Jeans | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
London Morning |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1959 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | ballet scenario | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Look After Lulu! |
| 1st Produced: | Henry Miller's Theatre, New York | 1959 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London | 1959 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Farce | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau (Occupe-toi d'Aimirie) | ||||
Synopsis: Lulu arranges mock marriage whist eyeing the main chance of a rich Oriental prince, farce ensues. | ||||
Lyric Revue, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1951 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Marquise, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1927 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Ernest Bell Ltd, London | 1927 | ||
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Meet Me Tonight |
| 1st Produced: | Screenplay | 1952 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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Nude With Violin |
| 1st Produced: | Globe Theatre, London | 1956 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays & Players" London Dec/Jan | 1956 | ||
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| Genre: | Light Comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Total output of artist found to be fraudulent at his funeral, blackmail enhances reputation and value of his works. | ||||
On with the Dance |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1925 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | some items included in The Collected Sketches and Lyrics | 1931 | ||
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| Genre: | Revue | Show | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: music by Philip Braham | ||||
Operette |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1938 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London | 1938 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Coward | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Pacific 1860 |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London | 1946 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in Play Parade V | 1958 | ||
Original cast recording: Encore Box Office (ENBO 8/93) | 1946 | |||
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| Genre: | Musical Romance | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Music and lyrics by Noel Coward | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Parody of Private Lives (as Some Other Private Lives, produced 1931). |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1931 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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Synopsis: - | ||||
Peace in Our Time |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1947 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London | 1948 | ||
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Point Valaine |
| 1st Produced: | Boston | 1934 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Doubleday, NY | 1935 | ||
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