To Step Aside
By Noel Coward
1939
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Six short stories from 1939 show the influence of Maugham and Waugh on Noel Coward. This is his first collection of fiction. The best, "What Mad Pursuit?," hilariously reveals the chaos visiting literary celebrity from the UK finds at a weekend house party on Long Island. "Nature Study" delves into the unhappiness caused when a gay man marries. "Cheap Excursion," inspired by Noel's passion for actor Louis Hayward says biographer Philip Hoare, examines the obsession of a stage actress for her younger asst. stage manager. Coward knows his material.
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Author
Noel Coward
Author · 41 books
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.
