The PRIVATE LIVES OF NOËL AND GERTIE: A Talent To Amuse, A Bright Particular Star

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Bloomsbury Academic, Dec 31, 1999 - Biography & Autobiography - 520 pages
Sheridan Morley's classic biographies of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence, revised and updated for the Centenary Year.

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Contents

List of illustrations
9
A BRIGHT PARTICULAR STAR
331
Quotations
333
Copyright

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About the author (1999)

Born at Ascot in 1941, the elder son of Robert Morley and grandson of Dame Gladys Cooper, he graduated from Oxford with an honours degree in Modern Languages in 1963 and started his career as a newscaster with ITN from 1964 - 1967. From there he went on to host ‘Late Night Line Up’ with Joan Bakewell on BBC2 from 1967 - 1973, also presenting ‘Film Night’ every week and several other BBC2 arts specials. He joined the Times as an assistant editor before becoming drama critic and arts editor of ‘Punch’ 1975 - 1986. He is married to the critic and television producer Ruth Leon, has three children and lives in Chelsea. His stage plays include 'Noel and Gertie', 'Spread a Little Happiness' and 'If Love Were All'. Other publications include 'The Theatrical Companion to Coward' and 'A Talent to Amuse' (a biography of Noel Coward), as well as biographies of David Niven, James Mason; Audrey Hepburn, Gladys Cooper, Robert Morley, Oscar Wilde, Katherine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Sybil Thorndike, Gertrude Lawrence and Elizabeth Taylor.

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