{"product_id":"coward-plays-nol-coward-9780413461001","title":"Coward Plays: 3","description":"The third volume of Coward's plays contains some of his best work from the thirties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesign for Living \u003c\/i\u003eis about a triangular alliance between two men and a woman, based on friends of Coward's, which he waited to write \"until she and he and I had arrived by different roads in our careers at a time and a place when we felt we could all three play together with a more or less equal degree of success.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCavalcade \u003c\/i\u003ewas Coward's most ambitious stage project, set during the Boer War, which cost  30,000 in its day and which includes scenes of the relief of the sinking of the Titanic and the coming of the Jazz Age. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConversation Piece\u003c\/i\u003e is a musical comedy that No? wrote for the Parisian star Yvonne Printemps and includes the song \"I'll Follow My Secret Heart\". \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso in the volume are three short plays from \u003ci\u003eTonight at 8.30\u003c\/i\u003e including \u003ci\u003eHands Across the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, a gentle satire of colonials and London Society; \u003ci\u003eStill Life\u003c\/i\u003e which became the film \u003ci\u003eBrief Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFumed Oak\u003c\/i\u003e a suburban comedy about a 'worm who turns'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e No? Coward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0413461009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780413461001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"No? Coward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119665967359,"sku":"9780413461001","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d5b09560-dcd3-4b88-bc4c-ee7c5b3cdec2.jpg?v=1687410358","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coward-plays-nol-coward-9780413461001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}