Noël Coward
| Born | December 16, 1899 |
| Hometown | Teddington, England |
| Height | 6'0" (1.83m) |
| Partner | Graham Payn |
| Parents | Arthur Sabin Coward, Violet Agnes Veitch |
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- The Chicago-born actor also appeared in ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’ and ‘The Birds and the Bees’
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Woman who Ian McKellen landed on ‘spent night in hospital’ after actor’s fall
‘Getting crushed by Gandalf the Grey, that’s something you don’t expect,’ she said
- SportThe Independent
Sir Ian McKellen will miss rest of London play’s dates following fall
The actor is currently appearing as John Falstaff in ‘Player Kings’ at the Noel Coward theatre in London
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Sir Ian McKellen having 'lots of essential rest' and will miss last Player Kings West End performances after fall
The veteran actor is still recovering from his injuries
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Ian McKellen shares health update after falling off stage and being taken to hospital
Sir Ian is currently playing John Falstaff in ‘Player Kings’ – a production of William Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’ parts one and two
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
Suite in Three Keys review – Noël Coward hotel trilogy stares stylishly into the abyss
Tara Fitzgerald, Emma Fielding and Stephen Boxer deftly juggle roles in this marathon of marital malaise
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Suite in Three Keys: This remarkable Noël Coward triptych is exactly what the National ought to be doing
“To be famous young and to make fame last – the secret of combining the two is glandular: it depends on energy,” the critic Kenneth Tynan declared in 1953 in awed appreciation of Noël Coward’s youthfulness. But not even The Master could out-race “Time’s wingèd chariot”; a decade on, in his mid-60s, he even visited a Swiss specialist for supposedly rejuvenating injections of animal embryo cells. With his health fading, his temper frayed.
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Brief Encounter, Cunard Queen Anne: Cruise-line entertainment has never been this classy
Noël Coward spent a good deal of time travelling by sea, often scribbling as he sailed. He wrote much of the operetta Bitter Sweet (1929) on ocean liners, and set his 1961 musical comedy – Sail Away – on one. Indeed, he first clapped smitten eyes on New York in 1921 after travelling on the beautiful Cunard liner, the Aquitania – which set sail from Southampton.
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
In brief: Four Shots in the Night; The Kellerby Code; Masquerade – review
The gripping real-life story of the murder of a spy; a funny and chilling debut in hock to the Ripley books; and the definitive biography of Noël Coward
- CelebrityThe Guardian
Mercedes de Acosta: The poet who had affairs with the 20th century’s most famous women
An unpublished book has emerged by the woman best known for her liaisons with Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Isadora Duncan
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Charmian Abrahams: Crossroads actress dies after being hit by delivery van
An actress from the popular British soap Crossroads has died after being struck by a delivery van. Charmian Abrahams, who starred as Mavis Hooper in the long-running series during the early 1980s, died aged 96 following the collision in Harborne, near Birmingham, on Monday. On Friday, family members paid tribute to the actress, who also performed alongside theatrical greats including Sir Noel Coward, Albert Finney, and Sir Ian McKellen.
