Tonight at 8.30

JOHN DREW THEATRE at GUILDHALL

 

Blythe Danner and Simon Jones star in Tony Walton's production of Tonight at 8.30

Tuesdays – Sundays, July 17 – August 3 at 8:30pm and August 4 at 2pm

An Evening of Three Light and Musical Comedies
Also starring Edward Hibbert Andrew Botsford, Gerard Doyle, Delphi Harrington, Tina Jones, James Lawson, Kate Mueth, and Bobby Peterson

Tony and Emmy Award winner Blythe Danner comes to the John Drew Theater direct from her Broadway appearance in Nice Work If You Can Get It to star with Simon Jones in TONIGHT AT 8:30 featuring Coward’s sparkling, fast-paced, one-act gems: Hands Across the Sea, Family Album and Red Peppers.

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"90 Years of TIME Cover Stars: The Celebrities Who Defined a Century of Entertainment

"As TIME celebrates its 90th birthday, we look back at the some of the stars who have graced its cover over the last almost-century."

Archive article dated: 30 Jan 1933.

"Noel Coward is conceded to be the cleverest of living English dramatists. Some go further, advancing the premise that in the last hundred years only Disraeli, Wilde and Shaw have started from nothing and conquered England as Mr. Coward has conquered." Read more:

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Blithe Spirit • Directed by Brian Bedford

At The Stratford Playhouse
May 16 – Oct 20

Brian Bedford: Conjuring up a Comedy – Brian Bedford remembers Noël Coward Brian Bedford fondly remembers Noël Coward as he prepares to direct the witty and whimsical Blithe Spirit 

Video: Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino on Blithe Spirit 
Forum Events: Activities related to Blithe Spirit

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Noël Coward in Hollywood

Photos of Noël in the film capital in Vickie Lesters BLOG

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NEW YORK FESTIVAL

Reports on the Festival:
Noël Coward in New York
Barry Day. The Noël Coward in New York Website

Last year saw the largest and most comprehensive exhibition on Noël Coward and his work ever. In terms of attendance it proved to be the most succesful exhibition of all time at the Lincoln Centre. The associated festival of his work filled the calendar for year with readings, plays, musicals and film. What a celebration! Read more...

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Noël Quotes

"I was offered Hamlet five times . . . I just knew that the day I declaimed, 'To be or not to be' in public, it would be the death of me." Noël Coward

"Star quality: I don't know what it is, but I've got it."
Noël Coward