Noël Coward Revue Sketches

Noël Coward Revue Sketches

Noël Coward Revue Sketches

ISBN: 9780413733900

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Noël Coward Revue Sketches

Noël Coward Revue Sketches

ISBN: 9780413733900

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Overview

The sketches marked with an asterisk have songs. Please enquire for details of the music.

London Calling! (1923)
"Rain Before Seven —" (Love Matches). M1 F1. A hotel sitting-room.
Early Mourning ("Sorry You've Been Troubled"). F2. A bedroom.
The Swiss Family Whittlebot. M3 F1.
On With the Dance (1925)
The Cafe de la Paix (Fin de Siecle)*. M10 F10. Extras. Outside the Cafe de la Paix.
Oranges and Lemons. M4. A bedroom.
Class. M4 F3. A squalid room, a dining-room.
Travelling Light (A Thief in the Night). M2 F1. A train compartment.

This Year of Grace! (Charles B. Cochrane's 1928 Revue)
A Tube Station (The Tube)*. M8 F5. Large chorus. An Underground booking-office.
Ignorance is Bliss. M4 F4. 2 hotel bedrooms.
The Lido Beach*. M7 F8. The Lido beach.
The English Lido*. M6 F10. Extras.
The Legend of the Lily of the Valley*. M3 F1. Extras.
Rules of Three. M7 F5, doubling possible.
Law and Order. M2 F3. A street.
Love, Life and Laughter*. M3 F3. A French cafeexterior and interior.
The Order of the Day. M1 F1. A street.

Charles B. Cochrane's 1931 Revue
Half-caste Woman*. M4 F4. Male extras. A waterfront cafe.

The Third Little Show (1931)
Cat's Cradle. F2. 2 adjoining gardens.

Words and Music (1932)
Children's Hour*. M1 F4. A nursery.
Journey's End. A musical version of "Journey's End" as produced by Erik Charell (with acknowledgemen's to Erik Charell and apologies to R. C. Sherriff)*. M5 F4. Extras.
Fairy Whispers. M3 F8. A dining-room.
Midnight Matinee*. M2 F12. Chorus. A drawing-room.
The Party's Over Now*. M5 F4. Extras. A house exterior.

Set to Music (1939)
Weary of it All*. M3 F2. A dressing-room.
Secret Service. M8 F3. 1F. A cafe.

Sigh No More (1945) Pageant*. Large cast.

Playlets, Additional Sketches and Early Pieces
What Next? M1 F1. A drawing-room.
Women and Whisky. M2 F2. A lounge.
Mild Oats. M1 F1. A study.
Customs House, Dover*. M3 F2.
Weatherwise. M3 F5. A drawing-room.
Shop-Girls. M1 F5. A furniture showroom.
Some Other Private Lives (parody of Private Lives). M1 F1. A sitting-room.

Authors

Noël Coward

Noël Coward

Noël Peirce Coward was born in 1899 and made his professional stage debut as Prince Mussel in The Goldfish at the age of 12, leading to many child actor appearances over the next few years. His breakthrough in playwriting was the controversial The Vortex (1924), which feature ...

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