{"product_id":"9780413460806","title":"Coward Plays: 2 : Private Lives; Bitter-Sweet; The Marquise; Post-Mortem","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCoward Plays: 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Noël Coward\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plays in this volume demonstrate the extraordinary skill and\u003cbr\u003eversatility Coward's writing achieved in the late 1920s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume contains\u003cbr\u003ehis best-loved classic, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, which was an immeditate hit when\u003cbr\u003eit was first staged in 1930. Coward's sparkling dialogue and repartee\u003cbr\u003ehave ensured the play's popularity ever since. Of \u003ci\u003eBitter-Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e in 1929 Noël Coward wrote that it was \"a musical that gave\u003cbr\u003eme more complete satisfaction than anything else I had yet written. Not\u003cbr\u003eespecially on acount of its dialogue or its lyrics or its music or its\u003cbr\u003eproduction but as a whole.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Marquise \u003c\/i\u003eis an \"eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003ecomedy\" filled with maids and duels, whilst \u003ci\u003ePost-Mortem\u003c\/i\u003e is a\u003cbr\u003evilification of war that contains some of Coward's most powerful\u003cbr\u003ewriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780413460806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593181180110,"sku":"9780413460806","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_5afa40dd-ce20-4e28-9a02-9299a5479e8c.jpg?v=1637783310","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780413460806","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}