ArtsNational - Noel Coward: The man behind the mask
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“I don’t know what it is, but I’ve got it!”‘It’ was “star quality”, and the person that had ‘it’ was Noel Coward.
On the surface, Coward seemed simply to be an elegant camp man swanning about
in a dressing gown who dropped acerbic one liners like cigarette ash from a long
cigarette holder, writing plays about bright young things appearing through a set of
French windows saying “anyone for tennis?”.
In fact, Coward was one of the most versatile cultural figures of the 20th century and
his career is the history of 20th century British theatre.
Despite his claim to only have a ‘talent to amuse’, like Oscar Wilde, he took his work
seriously, & his private & often tumultuous love life enabled him to shine a light on the
passion and pain of human relationships and give us in depth observations of class &
society!
TS Eliot said that there are things that you can learn from Noel Coward that you won’t
learn from Shakespeare. Like Shakespeare, some of Coward’s most moving lines are in
his poems, which I’ll be sharing in the lecture.
Coward said, “I’ll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it
doesn't do either I want to go home. ”So I invite you to join me for this lecture, in the
company of Coward, to be amused and moved….
Date
Tuesday 1 June 2027 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (UTC+08)Location
The Heart Studio Theatre
47 Wallcliffe Rd, , Margaret River WA 6285
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ArtsNational - Noel Coward: The man behind the mask
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