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Masquerade
- The Lives of Noël Coward
- By: Oliver Soden
- Narrated by: Oliver Soden
- Length: 22 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The voice, the dressing-down, the cigarette in its holder, remain unmistakable. There is rarely a week when one of Private Lives, Hay Fever, and Blithe Spirit is not in production somewhere in the world. Phrases from Noël Coward's songs - "Mad About The Boy", "Mad Dogs and Englishman" - are forever lodged in the public consciousness. He was at one point the most highly paid author in the world. Yet some of his most striking and daring writing remains unfamiliar.
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Beautifully Written
- By Christopher John on 04-10-24
- Masquerade
- The Lives of Noël Coward
- By: Oliver Soden
- Narrated by: Oliver Soden
Beautifully Written
Reviewed: 04-10-24
I found this biography so well read and written. Soden captures Cowards life with great complexity. He also establishes the contexts through which Cowards create work moved and with which it engaged. He does so with such clarity, dare I say, respect.
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