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Celebrating the great Noël Coward with song!
Born #otd in 1899, here's my tribute to the man himself, a clip from my song I wrote 'Coward Is Our Hero' #NoelCoward #songwriting #mondaymotivation @sirnoelcoward.bsky.social #Coward125
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In his own words:
"There will always be a few people…in every generation who will find my work entertaining and true"
We think it might be rather more than a few.
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In a letter to his mother on October 13th 1929 in New York, Coward writes "Ina Claire and John Gilbert were on the boat and were awfully sweet and we all screamed the place down"
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On Sunday you can watch the 1985 drama Mr and Mrs Edgehill on BBC 4, with an introduction from Judi Dench at 21:35. The drama is based on the short story by Coward
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Birthday on a Brazilian river:
"I celebrated my thirty-second birthday on the Rio Paraná. The birthday feast consisted of two small tins of caviar and a great deal of lukewarm vodka on which we all three got hilariously drunk."
Noël and an unknown man, South America, 1932
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Here's another of Noël's Christmas cards: this time from Marlene Dietrich
Plus, a photo of Noël and Marlene from our archive, Christmas 1962
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You can listen to Private Lives, The Vortex and Hayfever now on BBC Sounds with the rest to follow between now and Christmas!
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https://buff.ly/3VuYit9
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Have you sent your Christmas cards yet? Take some inspiration from Noël's collection!
Here is a Christmas card from Julie Andrews
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They are generous, mother-worshippers, sentimental and capable of much kindness. They are also ruthless, cruel, violent and devoid of scruples.
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Asian gong from the entrance hall of Chalet Coward, perhaps acquired during Noël's first trip to Asia in 1930, the same journey that spawned Private Lives
Noël's houses contained a number of mementos from his travels abroad
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#Onthisday 1924, The Vortex opened at the Everyman Theatre
Here is the programme, with a few pages from inside - which make for an entertaining read! Look out for the private detective agency, and the note about ladies removing their hats
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📷 President #JohnFKennedy and Noël Coward in Hyannis Port, Masschusetts, August 1961
Noël was horrified to hear of his friend's assassination
#OnThisDay he wrote in his diary:
"The most horrible and incredible catastrophe...The whole country is in a state of deep
shock"
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Adore this photo by Pamela Raith from Sunday’s @sirnoelcoward.bsky.social Gala.
Onstage with #TimSouthgate and @benstockbiz.bsky.social:
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Today is #WorldTelevisionDay
Noël was not the biggest fan of television... though he liked appearing on it!
Mary Martin and Noël Coward in the 1955 broadcast of Together With Music
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We're still blown away by the talent on show at the Gala on Sunday! Here are just a few photos of the night:
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Derek Jacobi
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I got to play #NoelCoward’s actual piano at the Noel Coward Gala on Sunday. And it is beautiful! #COWARD125
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A screenshot of the Times Article containing the quote
"Ben Stock, Tim Southgate and Robert Hazle had such fun with There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner."
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Lovely write-up of Sunday’s Noel Coward gala:
www.thetimes.com/culture/thea...
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Photo of Hugh Bonneville, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen and Gyles Brandreth sitting together on a sofa backstage at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Backstage at ‘A Marvellous Party’, the 125 Years of Noel Coward celebration last night, with the legendary Gyles Brandreth and some of his address book (Jacobi, Dench, McKellen) 🎭
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Gearing up for the #NoelCoward West End gala tomorrow night. What a privilege to be part of it. #Coward125
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