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Mesh Match For "Noel Coward" Paperback by Philip Hoare:Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "Noel Coward" by Philip Hoare to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Noel Coward"Browse more products related to "Philip Hoare"Review"In a thicket of books about the life and work of Coward, Philip Hoare's 'Noël Coward: A Biography' stands out as the most well-documented and objective." "Mr. Hoare has written, as he must have intended, the definitive biography....[T]his is the Compleat Coward for them as wants it. It is admirably written and a model of its kind. As for its subject, one can be both feminine and gifted without being an arrogant, mincing, hoity-toity old bitch. Which, alas, was one talent that Coward never acquired." "Noël Coward's life was art, and like all art it had the aspect of perfection....His fame and influence endure....Twenty-two years dead, he was overdue for a comprehensive, disinterested biography. Now it has arrived, and we shall not soon need another....I can only commend [Hoare's] exhaustive, equable, and percipient biography and wonder who could hope to supersede it." "[Hoare has] given us a fairly convincing portrait of Coward: a world-weary cosmopolite within whom lurked, never far from the surface, a child who never managed to grow up; a self-indulgent hedonist whose work habits were meticulous and who detested self-indulgence in others; a man of literary aspirations and pretensions who was more comfortable with artifice than with art." Publisher's noteTo several generations, actor, playwright, songwriter, and filmmaker Noel Coward (1899-1973) was the very personification of wit, glamour, and elegance. "Hoare's retelling of Coward's story (is) the most vivid, insightful, and fascinating so far".--John Lahr, "The New Yorker". 88 photos. AnnotationNoël Coward was a master playwright, a composer/lyricist, a filmmaker, a novelist and diarist, and a talented actor and performer. In researching this book, Philip Hoare interviewed dozens of Coward's surviving contemporaries--friends, as well as enemies. He received cooperation form the Coward Estate and was given unprecedented access to the private papers and correspondence of Coward. This is the first book to deal openly with Coward's homosexuality and the degree to which it influenced his work, although to his death Coward remained wary of discussing it publicly. The result is a record of the public profile and private life of one of the 20th century's most celebrated--and still controversial--figures. Above all, it is a great story, as Coward progresses from a childhood of middle-class respectability to the world's stage and unparalleled social success. If You Enjoy "Noel Coward (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Noel Coward (Paperback)" by Philip Hoare (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Entertainment & Performing Arts - General Bestsellers
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