The Noel Coward Diaries - Softcover

The diaries of 1 of the century's greatest entertainers. For over half a century Noel Coward was the British theatre's most renowned dramatist, director and star, and 1 of the most colourful charcters who ever strode across it's stage. These diaries chronicle the last 30 years of his life, from his war time concert tours, through his pprivate and professional depression in the 1950's, to his triumphant re-emergence in the 1960's and knighthood in 1970.

Writer of Novels, Short Stories, Fiction, Autobiography/Memoir, Plays, Biography, Film, Poetry, Music, Songs/Lyrics and libretti; Actor, Singer, Director, Producer, and Nightclub Entertainer. Born 1899, England. His first theatre role came in 1909, and he began writing for the stage in 1920. With his play The Vortex in 1924 his success was assured. He went on to write many of the most successful plays and lyrics of the century, including ¿Mad Dogs and Englishmen¿, and Private Lives and Blithe Spirit. He died in his home in Jamaica in 1973.