Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, Private Lives
Three Plays
$35.79
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 June 1999
Summary
Filled with languid aristocrats trading witticisms as they wait for martinis, this collection of three Noel Coward plays encapsulates the qualities that made him one of the most popular playwrights of the 1930s and ‘40s and one of the great personalities of the century.
In Blithe Spirit, Charles Condomine receives a visit from his first wife, Elvira. Unfortunately, Elvira is now a ghost and Charles has, understandably, moved on and married Ruth.
The bohemian protagoni…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679781790 |
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| ISBN-10: | 067978179X |
| Author: | Noel Coward |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 June 1999 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Vintage International |
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“That was the trouble with Elyot and me, we were like two violent acids bubbling about in a nasty little matrimonial bottle.”
– from Private Lives
About The Author
Noel Coward
Noël Coward, an English playwright, actor, composer, and director, was born in 1899 in Teddington, a suburb of London. He was called “the Master” of theater by his colleagues and fans. His career spanned six decades and many of his plays—including Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, and Private Lives—are still in regular theater repertory.
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