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Star Chamber (Tonight at 8.30)

Short Play, Comedy  /  5w, 6m

Noël Coward

A meeting takes place of the management comittee of a theatrical charity, the "Garrick Haven Fund", to benefit a retirement home for destitute actresses. Contained in Tonight at 8.30.

Star Chamber (Tonight at 8.30)

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    5w, 6m
  • Audience
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    Adult

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A meeting takes place of the management comittee of a theatrical charity, the "Garrick Haven Fund", to benefit a retirement home for destitute actresses. The committee consists of actors, who sit around a table. The stylish president of the board, the actress Xenia James, is accompanied by a small lapdog named Bravo, who is banished to the prop room for being smelly.
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"Playlets that powerfully illuminate the profound depths and witty shallows of Noel Coward's extraordinary talent." --Georgina Brown, Mail on Sunday (2006)

"They continually prove that Coward was blessed with much more than a talent to amuse." --Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph (2006)

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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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