Cavalcade

Cavalcade

Cavalcade

Cavalcade

Cavalcade

Overview

Adapted into a Best Picture-winning film, Cavalcade presents the lives of an upper-middle-class British family, the Marryots, as they experience a turbulent and moving quarter century.

Cavalcade was Coward's most ambitious stage project, set during the Boer War and including major historical events of the period, from the Relief of Mafeking and the death of Queen Victoria, to the sinking of the RMS Titanic and World War I. 

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Details

  • Genre: Docudrama/History
  • Time Period: 1920s, 1910s/WWI, 1900-1910
  • Cast Attributes: Ensemble Cast, Expandable Casting, Room for Extras
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

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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