{"product_id":"coward-plays-1-hay-fever-the-vortex-fallen-angels-easy-virtue-paperback","title":"Coward Plays: 1: Hay Fever; The Vortex; Fallen Angels; Easy Virtue - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoël Coward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume in the Coward Collection contains four plays written within a two year period when Coward\u003cbr\u003eand the century were still in their 20s. The volume is introduced by Sheridan Morley, \u003cbr\u003eCoward's first biographer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHay Fever\u003c\/i\u003e, a comedy of bad\u003cbr\u003emanners, concerns a weekend with friends of the Bliss family, who have\u003cbr\u003eall been invited independently for a weekend at their country house\u003cbr\u003enear Maidenhead. \u003ci\u003e The Vortex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewas a controversial drama in its time, introducing drug-addiction onto\u003cbr\u003ethe stage at a time when alcoholism was barely mentioned. \u003ci\u003eFallen Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, which is written for two star actresses\u003cbr\u003ewas described as 'degenerate', 'vile', 'obscene', 'shocking' - the\u003cbr\u003esecond half of the play is entirely taken up with an alcoholic duologue\u003cbr\u003ebetween the two women. \u003ci\u003eEasy Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant, laconic tribute to a\u003cbr\u003elost world of drawing-room dramas, no other writer went more directly\u003cbr\u003eto the jugular of that moralistic, tight-lipped but fundamentally\u003cbr\u003ehypocritical 20s society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He is simply a phenomenon, and one that is unlikely to occur ever\u003cbr\u003eagain in theatre history\" Terence Rattigan\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52502889660723,"sku":"9780413460608","price":55.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MDlYalArRlBqOFNyWk8ycnliUnh4Zz09.webp?v=1760158594","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/coward-plays-1-hay-fever-the-vortex-fallen-angels-easy-virtue-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}