The Noel Coward Diaries [Paperback]

Noël Coward is remembered as the most witty and elegant of theatrical personalities. He left behind over fifty plays, twenty-five films, hundreds of songs, and several books. Fortunately, he also left behind these diaries chronicling the last thirty years of his life, from 1941 to 1973. Moving through the theatrical, social, political, and historical worlds on both sides of the Atlantic, the impressive cast of characters includes Laurence Olivier, Frank Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, John and Jackie Kennedy, Harold Pinter, members of the Royal Family, and the Beatles, among a host of others.The Noël Coward Diariesis a social and theatrical chronicle as stylish and irresistible as the man himself.

Graham Payn,a lifelong friend of Coward who appeared in many of his most successful plays, now lives at Chalet Coward in Switzerland, from where he runs the Coward estate.Sheridan Morleyis the drama critic of theSpectatorand theInternational Herald Tribuneand author of the first Coward biography,A Talent to Amuse.