Noel Coward was a talented dramatist, director, actor, writer, composer, lyricist and painter. His fame reached a peak in 1930 with his play 'Private Lives' by which time he had become the highest earning author in the western world. He wrote some 140 plays, and hundreds of songs. He is known for the phrase from his song 'Mad dogs and Englishmen', that is more commonly known for the rest of the line in the song: "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun", in 1931. Among the films he starred in was The Italian Job with English actor Michael Caine in 1969. Among his awards was an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in America for the naval drama 'In Which We Serve.' He won a Special Tony Award in 1970 'for his multiple and immortal contributions to the theatre.' Prince Edward unveiled a statue of Coward on the 1st of March 1999 at the Gershwin Theatre at a gathering of the Broadway theatre community. The ceremony was the first in a year-long series of events in New York celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the playwright, songwriter and performer
- "The actual facts are so simple. I love you. You love me. You love Otto. I love Otto. Otto loves you. Otto loves me. There now! Start to unravel from there."
Quote from Coward taken from the heading 'Design For Living', the title of a paperback [picture left], a modern take on his comedy love triangle from one of his plays. Design for Living is in effect a forerunner to the recognition of peoples sexual fluidity today.
- "Noel Coward's Design for Living is a funny and sad study of bisexuality: Otto and Leo love each other, but they also love Gilda, and she, in turn, loves them both.” – Tim Walker, Sunday Telegraph.
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