Despite this impressive cast, Coward's popularity had risen so high that the theatre poster for the production used an Al Hirschfeld caricature of Coward (pictured) instead of an image of the production or its stars.
He has something of Coward and of Chekhov, too.
But the real draw is the splendid characterisation of Coward.
In that respect, Oliver Cotton has the courage of Coward.
There's a bronze statue of Coward on the mountain.
That kind of fit also describes Mr. Standing's comfort with the language and attitude of Coward.
January 26 2010 April 4 201010 Douglas Carter Beane's latest comedy — a sketch about two gossip columnists, posing as a play — is a digital-age imitation of Noël Coward: it aspires to the look of Coward, the sound of Coward, and the swank of Coward without the wit of Coward.
Ultimately, Rice finds too much of herself and too little of Coward.
This production captures the precarious mood characteristic of Coward, balanced between frivolity and heartbreak.
One definition of "coward," as the play makes clear, is an armed adult male who murders small children.
