{"product_id":"coward-plays-4-blithe-spirit-present-laughter-this-happy-breed-tonight-at-8-30-ii-paperback","title":"Coward Plays: 4: Blithe Spirit; Present Laughter; This Happy Breed; Tonight at 8.30 (II) - 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\u003eNoel Coward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNoal Coward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume Four of Noël Coward's plays contains a selection of Coward's\u003cbr\u003eplays from the thirties and forties which includes \u003ci\u003eBlithe Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, a\u003cbr\u003ecomedy that centres around the spirit medium Madame Arcati. The play\u003cbr\u003ethat mocks sudden death was produced at precisely the moment when bombs\u003cbr\u003ewere bringing it to Britain \"I shall ever be grateful, for the almost\u003cbr\u003epsychic gift that enabled me to write \u003ci\u003eBlithe Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e in five days during\u003cbr\u003eone of the darkest years of the war.\" The play was for years the\u003cbr\u003elongest-running comedy in the history of British theatre. \u003ci\u003ePresent\u003cbr\u003eLaughter\u003c\/i\u003e follows the life of Garry Essendine, a world-weary, \u003cbr\u003emiddle-aged projection of the dilettante, debonair persona -\u003cbr\u003eself-obsessed and dressing-gowned who struts through the play like an\u003cbr\u003eeducated peacock. It is a comedy about the 'theatricals' that Noël best\u003cbr\u003eknew and loved, and was originally a star vehicle for himself. It is\u003cbr\u003ethe closest to an autobiographical play that Coward ever wrote. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003eHappy Breed\u003c\/i\u003e is a saga of a lower middle-class family; and three shorter\u003cbr\u003epieces from\u003ci\u003eTonight at 8.30 \u003c\/i\u003e- is a farce set in the South of France, \u003cbr\u003eand serves as an oblique tribute to Frederick Lonsdale; \u003ci\u003eThe Astonished\u003cbr\u003eHeart\u003c\/i\u003e is about the decay of a psychiatrist's mind through personal\u003cbr\u003esexual obsession. \u003ci\u003eRed Peppers\u003c\/i\u003e, which closes the volume, was a cynical\u003cbr\u003etribute to the lost music halls of the First World War.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.23 x 7.98 x 4.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52502889791795,"sku":"9780413461209","price":51.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VHB4d0hCQUE5S3ZXcThVU0ZDd01vdz09.webp?v=1760158595","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/coward-plays-4-blithe-spirit-present-laughter-this-happy-breed-tonight-at-8-30-ii-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}