Noel Coward In His Own Words

ISBN: 9781408107584 出版年：2014 页码：174 Noel Coward Barry Day Bloomsbury Publishing

In my time I have said some noteworthy and exceptionally memorable things' Noël Coward.A delightful and revealing collection of quotations from the masterwordsmith, Noël Coward. In his plays, verse, song lyrics, storiesand everyday life, he chose his words to uniquely stylish and truthfuleffect.This insightful portrait includes not only his best-loved witticisms, bons mots andlyrics but also excerpts from his private papers and hidden gems fromunpublished material. Barry Day delves into the whole range of Coward'stalents, as well as his thoughts on theatre, England, the Arts,religion, life and the man himself. In His Own Words displays the usual frivolity, and a surprising capacity for depth and compassion.