Words and Music by Noël CowardDevised by Gerald Frow, Alan Strachan and Wendy Toye
An immense success in London, this imaginative and innovative revue of Noël Coward’s words, music and sketches reveals something of the man himself. Cowardy Custard contains not only those classic medleys and duets, but also previously unpublished material, snippets of plays and dialogues, material from Coward’s autobiographies as background and even a few of his little-known poems. The result is a kaleidoscopic glimpse of Coward’s brilliance.
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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 ...