COWARD, Noël; Barry Day [Charles Strouse].
The Letters of Noël Coward.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf , 2008.
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First Edition of The Letters of Noël Coward; Inscribed to Broadway Composer Charles Strouse for His Eightieth Birthday
First edition, later printing of this acclaimed gathering of Noël Coward's correspondence. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed to composer Charles Strouse on the front free endpaper for his eightieth birthday, “Dear Charles - 80 is the new 75! At least! But seriously, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Always, Leppo." The recipient, Charles Strouse, was a Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award–winning composer whose fifty-year career produced some of the most beloved scores of the American musical theater — among them Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and Annie — as well as the theme song for the classic sitcom All in the Family (“Those Were the Days”); his honors include three Tony Awards and induction into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Theater Hall of Fame. From the collection of Charles Strouse and his wife, the choreographer Barbara Siman. With his ownership stamp and sticker to the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Edited and with commentary by Barry Day.
The Letters of Noël Coward gathers a wide and revealing selection of the correspondence of the English playwright, composer, actor, and supreme wit Sir Noël Coward (1899–1973). Letters to and from a glittering circle of friends and collaborators, among them the Lunts, Marlene Dietrich, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Cole Porter, and T. E. Lawrence. Edited and woven together with extensive linking commentary by Barry Day, the foremost authority on Coward and the editor of several volumes of his work, the book follows Coward's life and career in his own inimitable voice. From the early triumphs of The Vortex, Private Lives, Design for Living, and Blithe Spirit through his songs, films, and the celebrated cabaret reinvention of his later years. It stands as one of the richest and most entertaining portraits of a figure who embodied twentieth-century theatrical style.
The Letters of Noël Coward.
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