{"product_id":"coward-revue-sketches","title":"Coward Revue Sketches","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1920s and 1930s Noël Coward mastered and defined the art of the revue sketch - short and often topical or satirical stage pieces, many of which were a lead-in to his famous songs. He wrote these sketches for the top revues of the 1920s and 1930s, including \u003ci\u003eLondon Calling! \u003c\/i\u003e(1923) and Cochrane's Revue of 1931. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume collects Coward's best and most witty pieces, including \u003ci\u003eRain Before Seven\u003c\/i\u003e, the only sketch he performed with Gertrude Lawrence, and the hilarious parody, \u003ci\u003eSome Other Private Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Coward burlesques his own famous play, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Lives\u003c\/i\u003e. Also included are short one-act plays never before published. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection includes an Introduction by Coward scholar Barry Day, setting the work in the context of its time and its dramatic form. A forgotten area of Coward's writing is now back in print.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833557954765,"sku":"9780413733900","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_e5c28781-addc-4432-816a-0ca87569a1b8.jpg?v=1790888571","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/coward-revue-sketches","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}