{"product_id":"9780413460806","title":"Coward Plays: 2 Private Lives; Bitter-Sweet; The Marquise; Post-Mortem","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWorld Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCoward Plays: 2\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePrivate Lives; Bitter-Sweet; The Marquise; Post-Mortem\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNoël Coward\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plays in this volume demonstrate the extraordinary skill and\u003cbr\u003eversatility Coward's writing achieved in the late 1920s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 Noël 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 September 1979\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780413460806\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515141652620,"sku":"9780413460806","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b41aaede-bfdb-48b7-8f56-68d99b67319e.jpg?v=1784688366","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780413460806","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}