{"product_id":"coward-plays-noel-coward-9780413460806","title":"Coward Plays: 2: Private Lives; Bitter-Sweet; The Marquise; Post-Mortem","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe plays in this volume demonstrate the extraordinary skill and\u003cbr\u003eversatility Coward's writing achieved in the late 1920s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume contains\u003cbr\u003ehis best-loved classic, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, which was an immeditate hit when\u003cbr\u003eit was first staged in 1930. Coward's sparkling dialogue and repartee\u003cbr\u003ehave ensured the play's popularity ever since. Of \u003ci\u003eBitter-Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e in 1929 No? Coward wrote that it was \"a musical that gave\u003cbr\u003eme more complete satisfaction than anything else I had yet written. Not\u003cbr\u003eespecially on acount of its dialogue or its lyrics or its music or its\u003cbr\u003eproduction but as a whole.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Marquise \u003c\/i\u003eis an \"eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003ecomedy\" filled with maids and duels, whilst \u003ci\u003ePost-Mortem\u003c\/i\u003e is a\u003cbr\u003evilification of war that contains some of Coward's most powerful\u003cbr\u003ewriting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noel Coward, Noal Coward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0413460800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780413460806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e A\u0026amp;c Black 3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.07h x 5.01w x 0.79d","brand":"Noel Coward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119665934591,"sku":"9780413460806","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e58b0dc-217b-4b73-b0dd-56203f47a896.jpg?v=1687410358","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coward-plays-noel-coward-9780413460806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}