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Noel Coward

Birth Place: Teddington, ENGLAND

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Noel was an English playwright, composer, actor, producer and director. His plays include The Vortex (1924), Hay Fever (1925), Private Lives (1930), Blithe Spirit (1941), Present Laughter (1943) and This Happy Breed (1943). He produced, wrote, starred in and co-directed (with David Lean) the Academy Award-winning film In Which We Serve (1942) as well as writing the screenplay for one of the most beloved British films of all time, Brief Encounter (1945). He wrote many songs now considered classics, including "Mad About the Boy", "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "I’ll See You Again" and "20th Century Blues" and in 1955 performed a sell-out cabaret season in Las Vegas. His musicals include Bitter Sweet (1929) and Sail Away (1961). As an actor he enjoyed memorable roles onstage in many of his plays as well as on film playing Hawthorne in Our Man In Havana (1959) and Mr Bridger in The Italian Job (1969). He was knighted in 1970.

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STAGE CREDITS

Present Laughter
[Broadway]
1958
Garry Essendine
Nude With Violin
[Broadway]
1957
Sebastien
Design For Living
[Broadway]
1933
Leo
Private Lives
[Broadway]
Broadway Production, 1931
Elyot Chase
This Year of Grace
[Broadway]
Broadway Production, 1928
Performer
The Vortex
[Broadway]
1925
Nicky Lancaster

Productions

Fallen Angels
 
[Broadway, 2026]
Writer
Private LivesPrivate Lives
 
[West End, 2023]
Writer
High Spirits
 
[West End, 1964]
Director
High Spirits
 
[Broadway, 1964]
Director
Sail Away
 
[West End, 1962]
Director
Sail Away
 
[Broadway, 1961]
Director
Present Laughter
 
[Broadway, 1958]
Director
Nude With Violin
 
[Broadway, 1957]
Director
Ace of Clubs
 
[West End, 1950]
Director
Set to Music
 
[Broadway, 1939]
Director
Point Valaine
 
[Broadway, 1935]
Director
Conversation Piece
 
[Broadway, 1934]
Director
Design For Living
 
[Broadway, 1933]
Director
Producer
Private Lives
 
[Broadway, 1931]
Director
Bitter Sweet
 
[Broadway, 1929]
Director
Hay Fever
 
[Broadway, 1925]
Director
The Vortex
 
[Broadway, 1925]
Director

Writing

Easy Virtue
Playwright
Hay Fever
Playwright
Look After Lulu
Playwright
The Marquise
Playwright
Point Valaine
Playwright
Quadrille
Playwright
This Was a Man
Playwright
The Vortex
Playwright
The Young Idea
Playwright
Fallen Angels
Playwright
Hay Fever
Playwright
The Rat Trap
Playwright
Blithe Spirit
Playwright
Brief Encounter
Playwright
Source Material
Source Material
Volcano
Playwright
Ace of Clubs
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
After the Ball
Bookwriter
Composer
Lyricist
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Bitter Sweet
Composer
Lyricist
Bookwriter
Cavalcade
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Cochran's 1931 Revue
Composer/Lyricist
Conversation Piece
Playwright
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Lyricist
Composer
Cowardy Custard
Composer/Lyricist
The Girl Who Came to Supper
Lyricist
Composer/Lyricist
Composer
High Spirits
Source Material
Composer/Lyricist
Conceiver
A Marvelous Party
Composer/Lyricist
Murray Anderson's Almanac
Bookwriter
Bookwriter
Noel
Composer/Lyricist
Noel and Gertie
Composer/Lyricist
Lyricist
Composer
Oh Coward!
Composer
Text
Lyricist
Music
Composer/Lyricist
On With the Dance
Composer/Lyricist
Operette
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Pacific 1860
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Private Lives
Playwright
Sail Away
Composer
Lyricist
Bookwriter
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Set to Music
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Composer
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Sigh No More
Sketches/Composer/Lyricist
Noel Coward's Sweet Potato
Composer/Lyricist
Lyricist
Bookwriter
Composer
This Year of Grace
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Lyricist
Composer
Bookwriter
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Tonight at 8:30
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
Words and Music
Sketches/Composer/Lyricist
Ziegfeld Follies of 1931
Lyricist
Composer

Movies

Forbidden Love
[ 1927 ] writer
The Vortex
[ 1928 ] writer
Bitter Sweet
[ 1933 ] lyrics and music - as Noel Coward
Design for Living
[ 1933 ] writer
Cavalcade
[ 1933 ] writer
Tonight Is Ours
[ 1933 ] writer
The Terrible Lovers
[ 1936 ] writer
We Were Dancing
[ 1942 ] writer
This Happy Breed
[ 1944 ] writer
Blithe Spirit
[ 1945 ] writer
Brief Encounter
[ 1945 ] writer
Our Man in Havana
[ 1959 ] Hawthorne
Bunny Lake Is Missing
[ 1965 ] Horacio Wilson
A Matter of Innocence
[ 1967 ] writer
Boom!
[ 1968 ] The Witch of Capri
Interlude
[ 1968 ] writer
The Italian Job
[ 1969 ] Mr. Bridger
Sidste akt
[ 1987 ] writer
Relative Values
[ 2000 ] writer
Easy Virtue
[ 2008 ] writer
Hay Fever
[ 2021 ] writer

Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 1964 - Best Direction of a Musical

Noel Coward , High Spirits

Tony Awards - 1964 - Best Musical

Noel Coward, The Girl Who Came to Supper


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1942 - Best Foreign Play

Noel Coward, Blithe Spirit

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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 24, 2025

54 BELOW will celebrate the happiest time of the year with an incredible lineup of performances by Tony winner Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Darius de Haas, and more.
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Tony Award Nominee Scott Ellis to Receive Sardi's Portrait
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 24, 2025

Tony Award nominee and Interim Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company, Scott Ellis, will be recognized with the time-honored Broadway tradition of a caricature on the infamous walls of Sardi’s.
Review: DESIGN FOR LIVING at Head Trick Theatre Photo
Review: DESIGN FOR LIVING at Head Trick Theatre
by Christopher Verleger - Nov 24, 2025

Head Trick Theatre presents “Design for Living,” Noel Coward’s brazen 1933 comedy about a bizarre love triangle between a woman and two men that illustrates the complexity and calamity of relationships while examining the role money and success play when deciding to make a commitment, whether it be sexual, emotional, or matrimonial.
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by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2025

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by Stephi Wild - Nov 13, 2025

With just two weeks to curtain up, final touches are being made to the beautifully reimagined auditorium, and anticipation is building across the city for the return of one of Cambridge's most cherished cultural landmarks.  
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Review: Michael Feinstein Takes Us Away From It All at Carnegie Hall
by Andrew Poretz - Nov 10, 2025

Michael Feinstein's latest 'Standard Time' show, 'Let's Get Away From It All,' explored the theme of getting away to another place or another state of mind, with delightfully obscure song choices and terrific arrangements.
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by Franco Milazzo - Nov 4, 2025

There’s a fine line between genius and idiocy, and, in his determined effort to “save literature”, Garry Starr doesn’t so much walk it as perform the can-can on it wearing black tails, orange flippers and nothing else. In a show that drops jaws (and, in at least one case, drawers), he flaps through a catalogue of Penguin classics, bringing each to life in a gloriously stupid way.
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by Stephi Wild - Oct 29, 2025

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Noel Coward been in?

Noel Coward has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.

How many West End shows has Noel Coward been in?

Noel Coward has not appeared in the West End

What awards has Noel Coward been nominated for?

Noel Coward has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. He was nominated for Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for his work on "High Spirits." He was also nominated for Best Musical at the Tony Awards for "The Girl Who Came to Supper." In addition, Coward received a nomination for Best Foreign Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for his play "Blithe Spirit."

What awards has Noel Coward won?

Noel Coward has won the Best Foreign Play award from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for his play "Blithe Spirit".

How many shows has Noel Coward written?

Noel Coward has written 50 shows including London Calling (Composer/Lyricist), André Charlot's Revue of 1924 (Composer), On With the Dance (Composer/Lyricist), The Vortex (Playwright), Hay Fever (Playwright), Charlot Revue (Composer), Easy Virtue (Playwright), This Was a Man (Playwright), The Marquise (Playwright), Fallen Angels (Playwright), This Year of Grace (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Murray Anderson's Almanac (Bookwriter), Bitter Sweet (Bookwriter), Private Lives (Playwright), Cochran's 1931 Revue (Composer/Lyricist), Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 (Composer), Cavalcade (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), The Young Idea (Playwright), Words and Music (Sketches/Composer/Lyricist), Conversation Piece (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Point Valaine (Playwright), Tonight at 8:30 (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Operette (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Set to Music (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Sigh No More (Sketches/Composer/Lyricist), Pacific 1860 (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Ace of Clubs (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), After the Ball (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Quadrille (Playwright), Nude With Violin (Playwright), Look After Lulu (Playwright), Sail Away (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), The Girl Who Came to Supper (Composer/Lyricist), High Spirits (Source Material), Noel Coward's Sweet Potato (Composer/Lyricist), Cowardy Custard (Composer/Lyricist), Hay Fever (Playwright), Noel (Composer/Lyricist), Oh Coward! (Composer/Lyricist), Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre (Composer), If Love Were All (Composer/Lyricist), Waiting in the Wings (Playwright), A Suite in Two Keys (Playwright), Design For Living (Playwright), Elaine Stritch At Liberty (Composer), A Marvelous Party (Composer/Lyricist), Blithe Spirit (Playwright), Brief Encounter (Playwright), Volcano (Playwright), The Rat Trap (Playwright).

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