Play Parade"The plays vary tremendously in genre. Noel Coward (1899-1973) is today best recalled for his sparkling yet acidic comedies, and PLAY PARADE offers three of the best: HAY FEVER, DESIGN FOR LIVING, and the truly brilliant PRIVATE LIVES. But Coward did not confine his work to comedy alone; although often witty, THE VORTEX was a scandalous drama in its day, BITTER SWEET a sad and nostalgic operetta, and CAVALCADE one of the most successful serious dramas of the early 20th Century. While some clearly play better on the stage than they read on the page, each is in its own way both remarkable and remarkably memorable."--Amazon.com |
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afraid AMANDA anyhow awfully BABE BIRBECK BRIDGES BUNTY CAPTAIN CARL Cavan cigarette CLARA comes curtain damned dance darling DAVID DESIGN FOR LIVING DOLLY door dressed drink EDITH EDWARD EFFIE EGGIE ELLEN ELYOT ERNEST everything Fanny feel FLORENCE FREDA funny GILDA girl glass GLORIA goes Good-bye Greatham green carnation GUSSI hands HANSI happy HARRIET hate HAY FEVER HELEN HENRY HUGH JACKIE JANE JOHN JUDITH kisses Kitty Harris LADY S.-M laughing lights look MANON MARGARET married mean mind MIRABELLE Miss Beaver MISS HODGE MONICA mother MYRA never nice NICKY night OTTO PAWNIE Perhaps PERRY play RICHARD rising ROBERT round SANDY SARAH SARI SCENE SHAW Shut SIBYL silly SIMON sing SIR JAMES sits smiling sofa SOREL sorry stop suddenly sweet talk telephone tell Thank There's thing TILLEY to-night Veryan VICTOR What's window wonder