Bidspirit auction | COWARD NOEL: (1899-1973)

COWARD NOEL: (1899-1973) - COWARD NOEL: (1899-1973) English actor, playwright and composer, Academy Award winner. A.L.S., Noel , two pages (written to the first and final sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Washington, n.d. (c.1925/26), to Charles [Dillingham] ( 'My Dear Charlie' ), on the printed stationery of The Shoreham. Coward writes, in full, ´You were a dear to wire me on Monday. Everything was agony with the temperature at 9000 particularly in the shade - but the last Act raised screams of enthusiasm, which was a great surprise. Oh God, when I think of New York´ . Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Charles Dillingham (1868-1934) American theatre manager and producer of over two hundred Broadway shows. Coward's letter is most likely to date from around the time of the New York production of his three act play This Was a Man which premiered at the Klaw Theatre in November 1926. The work, which was refused a performance license in London, satirises the adulterous affairs of English high society. After an initial period of intense success the play was a comparitive failure and eventually took its toll on Coward's health. Charles Dillingham (1868-1934) American theatre manager and producer of over two hundred Broadway shows. Coward's letter is most likely to date from around the time of the New York production of his three act play This Was a Man which premiered at the Klaw Theatre in November 1926. The work, which was refused a performance license in London, satirises the adulterous affairs of English high society. After an initial period of intense success the play was a comparitive failure and eventually took its toll on Coward's health.