Coward Plays

<i>Coward Plays: 9</i> offers up a fascinating selection of Noël Coward's lesser-known works. <i>Salute to the Brave/Time Remembered </i>(1940) follows Leila Heseldyne after she has fled to America leaving a war-torn Britain and her husband behind; <i>Long Island Sound</i>(1947) sees a writer coerced into a riotous flock of high flying society people with turbulent results; and <i>Volcano </i>(1957) depicts a volcanic eruption as it punctuates the dubious conduct of six individuals on a fictional South Sea island. This volume also includes <i>Design for Rehearsing </i>(1933) was Coward's private satire on the way he Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne worked on <i>Design for Living</i>. A<i>ge Cannot Wither </i>(1967) Coward's last and unfinished play completes the collection as it portrays the boozy reunion of three women in their sixties who meet without fail every year to reminisce. <br/><br/>Together these works offer a new and intriguing insight into Coward the playwright and his oeuvre that extends well beyond his most well-known works such as <i>Private Lives</i> <i>Blithe Spirit</i> and <i>Hay Fever</i>. The volume is introduced by Coward expert and scholar Barry Day.