A single-volume edition of Noel Coward's famous play, published to tie in with major Donmar Warehouse production in December 2002. In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of those Bright Young Things, c 1923. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and immoral relationships are observed in this early, once scandalous work from the playwright-actor, which made Coward a star. "Here is a piece which is the dernier cri in the theatrical mode, un peu shocking perhaps, but no less popular on that account," twittered James Agate in the Sunday Times.
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Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. Among his achievements, he received an Academy Certificate of Merit at the 1943 Academy Awards for "outstanding production achievement for In Which We Serve." Known for his wit, flamboyance, and personal style, his plays and songs achieved new popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, and his work and style continue to influence popular culture. The former Albery Theatre (originally the New Theatre) in London was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in his honour in 2006.
