Noël Coward

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born

December 13, 1901 in Teddington, Middlesex, England, The United Kingdom

died

March 26, 1973

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Theater

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Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English actor, playwright and composer of popular music. Among his achievements, he received an Academy Certificate of Merit at the 1943 Academy Awards for "outstanding production achievement for In Which We Serve."

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Books by Noël Coward

Average rating: 4.05 · 3,906 ratings · 343 reviews · 111 distinct works

	Blithe Spirit 3.94 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 1941 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Three Plays: Blithe Spirit / Hay Fever / Private Lives by Noël Coward, Philip Hoare (Introduction) 4.05 avg rating — 521 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Private Lives 3.97 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 1930 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Hay Fever 3.61 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1925 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Letters of Noel Coward by Noël Coward, Barry Day (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1958 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Pomp and Circumstance 4.14 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1960 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Design for Living 3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Present Laughter 3.67 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Noel Coward Diaries 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1982 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Plays 1 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Noël Coward

The Autobiography (2 books)
by Noël Coward, Sheridan Morley (Introduction)

3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings

Quotes by Noël Coward

“It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
― Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

tags: deceit , honesty , hypocrisy , morality , shock , top-8

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“I like long walks, especialy when they are taken by people who annoy me.”
― Noël Coward

tags: annoyance , walking

38 people liked it

“I don't know what London's coming to — the higher the buildings the lower the morals.”
― Noël Coward, Collected Sketches and Lyrics

tags: architecture , buildings , cities , london , morality , skyscrapers

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