The Web Poetry Corner - Joyce Hemsley - Sir Noel Coward
Sir Noel Coward
by
Joyce Hemsley
Series of famous
British names:
~~SIR NOEL COWARD~~
English Gent of the Twentieth
Century Theatre, Scriptwriter,
Dramatist, Actor, Songwriter.
He wrote the song "Mad Dogs
and Englishmen go out in the
noonday sun"...among many
other famous songs.
Sir Noel wrote the Operetta
Bitter Sweet, followed by
Private Lives, which starred
GERTRUDE LAWRENCE, a great
British Actress who spent time
on stage in New York. The most
memorable film by Noel Coward,
in which he starred, was In
Which We Servce, a wartime film.
He also wrote Blithe Spirit and
Brief Encounter, and more great
plays and films. NOEL COWARD was
a typical English gentleman and
his name and his work will
always be remembered.