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Tonight at 8.30: Ten One-Act Plays Paperback - 2009

by Noal Coward; Introduction by Barry Day


From the publisher

This collection of ten one-act plays was written by Noel Coward as a vehicle for his own acting talents as well as an ambitious attempt to revive the one-act play form. First performed in 1935, the plays perfectly showcase Coward's talents as a playwright and his trademark panache for sparkling, sophisticated, witty dialogue. The short form also exhibits Coward's versatility with themes that range from comical farce to dark satire, played out in plots about mistaken identities, unconsummated affairs and love at first sight. These plays are set between the Victorian era and the emerging Modern period of the 1920s and 30s.

This edition features Coward's own preface and an Introduction by Barry Day, editor of "The Letters of Noel Coward." Included are all ten plays originally written for the collection: "Red Peppers," " We Were Dancing," " Shadow Play," " Family Album," " The Astonished Heart," " Hands across the Sea," " Fumed Oak, Ways and Means," " Still Life," ""and "Star Chamber."

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  • Title Tonight at 8.30: Ten One-Act Plays
  • Author Noal Coward; Introduction by Barry Day
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 270
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Methuen Publishing, United Kingdom
  • Date 2009-02
  • ISBN 9781408113455 / 1408113457
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.8 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.03 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects One-act plays, English
  • Dewey Decimal Code 820.800

About the author

Nol Coward made his name as a playwright with "The Vortex "(1924), in which he also appeared. His numerous other successful plays included "Hay Fever," "Private Lives," "Design for Living," and "Blithe Spirit." During the war he wrote screenplays such as "Brief Encounter "(1944) and "This Happy Breed "(1942). His volumes of verse, autobiography and letters have all been published to acclaim by Methuen Drama. Coward was knighted in 1970 and died three years later in Jamaica.
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