{"product_id":"the-nol-coward-reader-isbn-9780307474872","title":"The Noël Coward Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Noël Coward Reader \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a wonderfully wide-ranging selection—the first of its kind—of the best of the Master’s oeuvre, entertainingly annotated and abundantly illustrated, and including material that has never before been published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are scenes from Coward’s famous plays, from \u003ci\u003ePrivate Lives \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eBlithe Spirit,\u003c\/i\u003e and his screenplays, from \u003ci\u003eBrief Encounter \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eIn Which We Serve.\u003c\/i\u003e Here are four of his best short stories, scenes from his only novel, and a generous selection of his verse, alongside the lyrics of many of his most sublime songs, including “Mad Dogs and Englishmen,” “The Stately Homes of England,” and “Mad About the Boy.” \u003ci\u003eThe Noël Coward Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-have book both for those who adore his work and for those who are just discovering the many-faceted delights of his comic genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Sir Cameron Mackintosh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction: The Man They Called “The Master”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE:\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e “OVERTURE. BEGINNERS . . . ” : THE EARLY YEARS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Personal Reminiscence”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The Boy Actor”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Forbidden Fruit”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“When You Come Home on Leave”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003eThe Unattainable (play)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTWO:  THE 1920s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I Like America”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Touring Days”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Red Peppers” \u003ci\u003e(one-act play)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e                containing “Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?”\u003ci\u003e (lyric)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e                and “Men About Town”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Me and the Girls”\u003ci\u003e (short story) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Why Must the Show Go On?”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Vortex (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003eFallen Angels (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003eEasy Virtue (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003eHay Fever (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Epitaph for an Elderly Actress”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Preface to \u003ci\u003eSemi-Monde\u003c\/i\u003e” and excerpts from \u003ci\u003eSemi-Monde (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Green Carnation”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Sail Away”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I Travel Alone”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Parisian Pierrot”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Poor Little Rich Girl”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Dance. Little Lady”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“What Is Love?”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“If Love Were All”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I’ll See You Again”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I’ll Follow My Secret Heart”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I Am No Good at Love”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Something Very Strange”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A Room With a View”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This Is to Let You Know”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I Knew You Without Enchantment”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mad About the Boy”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Bronxville Darby and Joan”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Come the Wild, Wild Weather”\u003ci\u003e (lyric)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHREE:\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e THE 1930s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Twentieth Century Blues”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003ePrivate Lives (play) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Someday I’ll Find You”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Strictly Private Lives”\u003ci\u003e` \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Mad Dogs and Englishmen”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Mrs. Worthington”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Social Grace”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I’ve Got to Go Out and Be Social”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Mrs. Mallory”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe”\u003ci\u003e (short story) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003eDesign for Living (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Design for Rehearsing”\u003ci\u003e (sketch) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003eTonight at 8:30 (play sequence)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            “Fumed Oak” and “Shadow Play” \u003ci\u003e(one-act plays)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e             including “Then”\u003ci\u003e (lyric)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e                          “Play, Orchestra, Play”\u003ci\u003e (lyric)\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003cbr\u003e                          “You Were There”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“What Mad Pursuit?”\u003ci\u003e (short story) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I’ve Been to a Marvellous Party”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Stately Homes of England”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I Wonder What Happened to Him?”\u003ci\u003e (lyric)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOUR:  THE 1940s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Friendship in Wartime”\u003ci\u003e (essay) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Notes on Liaison”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“News Ballad”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Personal Note”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“London Pride”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“London. 1940.”\u003ci\u003e (essay) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Lie in the Dark and Listen”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpt from \u003ci\u003eThis Happy Breed (play) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003eBlithe Spirit (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003eTime Remembered (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Canton Island”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill”\u003ci\u003e (short story) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003eIn Which We Serve (film) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’ve Just Come Out From England”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003ePresent Laughter (play) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The One Man Play”\u003ci\u003e (sketch) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003eBrief Encounter (film)  \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This Is a Changing World”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Uncle Harry”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Alice Is at It Again”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpts from \u003ci\u003ePeace in Our Time (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Victory?”\u003ci\u003e (essay)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFIVE:\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e THE 1950s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Tribute to Marlene Dietrich”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Louisa”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A Bar on the Piccola Marina”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e excerpt from \u003ci\u003eNude With Violin (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Consider the Public: A Warning to Actors”\u003ci\u003e (essay) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Consider the Public: A Warning to Dramatic Critics”\u003ci\u003e (essay) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Together With Music”\u003ci\u003e (lyric)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jamaica”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“House Guest”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“World Weary”\u003ci\u003e (lyric)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSIX:  THE 1960s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpts from \u003ci\u003eWaiting in the Wings (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Later Than Spring”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Why Do the Wrong People Travel?”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Useless Useful Phrases”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpt from \u003ci\u003ePomp and Circumstance (novel)  \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The Battle of Britain Dinner, New York, 1963”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpt from \u003ci\u003eSuite in Three Keys \u003c\/i\u003e(“A Song at Twilight”)\u003ci\u003e (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“How I Wonder What You Are”\u003ci\u003e (essay) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexcerpt from \u003ci\u003eStar Quality (play) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eexcerpt from \u003ci\u003eAge Cannot Wither (play)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSEVEN:  ENVOI . . . THE 1970s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Party’s Over Now”\u003ci\u003e (lyric) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“When I Have Fears”\u003ci\u003e (verse) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I’m Here for a Short Visit Only”\u003ci\u003e (verse)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e“Splendid. . . . Thoroughly entertaining. . . . A treasured bedside companion.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A compendium of the bon vivant’s best works—and the perfect reminder that great wit has no expiration date.” —\u003ci\u003eTown and Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Barry Day, with great skill and devotion, has vividly brought the ‘Master’ back to effervescent life, as fresh and witty as ever.” —Christopher Plummer\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Marvelous. . . . Excellently annotated, introduced, and placed into context to remind us . . . just how great his achievements were.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Barry Day has given himself the formidable task of ordering and justly representing a peripatetic and outpouring talent. . . . Even Coward aficionados should find unexpected pleasures.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wonderful selection. . . . Brilliant nuggets from an incredibly rich life’s work. . . . As fresh and readable as ever.” –Michael Korda, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[A] triumph of good taste and intelligence. I was struck by the great variety of Coward selected by Barry Day and his fantastic knowledge about everything related to The Master. I just loved it.” —André Bishop, Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The timeless sensibility of Noël Coward is perfectly captured in this amazing, career-encompassing compendium of his best work. Barry Day has achieved the impossible by encapsulating an imposing, gargantuan body of work that will delight both the novice and the longtime fan.” —Michael Feinstein\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“As an avid collector of Cowardiana since my teens, I possess seventy-five or so volumes of his work, the gems of which have now—astonishingly—been encapsulated in a single volume by the remarkable Barry Day (along with his ever-erudite and always entertaining commentary). What a welcome convenience and a delight it is to have this sparkling collection in one handsome, travel-handy package!” —Tony WaltonBarry Day was born in England and received his M.A. from Balliol College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), a Trustee of the Noël Coward Foundation,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand was awarded the Order of the British Empire “for services to British culture in the U.S.A.” He lives in New York, London, and Palm Beach.Edited and with Commentary by by Barry Day","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304492421349,"sku":"NP9780307474872","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780307474872.jpg?v=1767740741","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-nol-coward-reader-isbn-9780307474872","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}