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Serve and Brief Encounter. Part 3: Sail Home Chat is the newsletter FREE TO Away follows Coward's cabaret triumphs of The Noël Coward Society in London and Las Vegas after the Second wholly owned by MEMBERS OF World War and his life in Switzerland and Noël Coward Ltd. which is THE SOCIETY Jamaica, right up to his death. His long- part of the charitable trust: CHAT term partner, the late Graham Payn shows The Noël Coward Foundation. AUGUST 2008 - THE NEWSLETTER OF THE NOËL COWARD SOCIETY Price £2 ($4) ELAINE STRITCH us around Chalet Coward, and archive film President: HRH The Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC Officers of the Society are: reveals his time in Jamaica, as well as his Vice Presidents: Tammy Grimes • Penelope Keith CBE • Barry Day OBE • Stephen Fry AT LIBERTY Chairman: Barbara Longford late successes: a cameo performance in The BROADWAY Secretary: Denys Robinson Kitchen, and the musical Sail Away as Treasurer: Stephen Greenman TONY AWARD-WINNING recalled by its star Elaine Stritch. North American Director: SHOW Nominated for the:1999 Huw Wheldon Ken Starrett A View with a Room Award for the Best Arts Programme or Representative for Australia: Robert Wickham In 2002 Elaine Stritch played a sensational Series BAFTA Award 1999 Representative for France: season at the Old Vic in London. In 2008 for Hélène Catsiapis ‘Marvellous Party’ - a Noël Coward House Party 9 performances only the legend that is NCS Member Richard Holbrook in: Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea, South Devon. Elaine Stritch returns to London to play Unless otherwise stated all Feinstein's at the Shaw Theatre. images and text are copyright Friday 12th - Sunday 14th September, 2008 The show received the 2002 Tony Award RICHARD to NC Aventales AG Star Guest of Honour: Mr Steve Ross, from New York t may not be too late for you to join us for this unique event when the Society is for Best Special Theatrical Event as well as SINGS BURTON All correspondence to: two Drama Desk awards - Outstanding Solo The Editor, taking over the entire art deco hotel exclusively for members to learn more Performance for Stritch and Outstanding The Songs of 29 Waldemar Avenue, about, enjoy and celebrate the works of Noël Coward. Hellesdon, Norwich, Book of a Musical for Stritch and writer Highlights of the weekend will include on Friday a film ’I Like America’ of Burton Lane NR6 6TB, UK previously unseen Coward footage, prepared specially for the event by the John Lahr. at johnknowles@noëlcoward.net I Editor of this magazine and our Webmaster - John Knowles. A dance With her long-time Musical Director and ‘Don't Tell Mama’ Tel: +44 (0) 1603 486 188 Collaborator, Rob Bowman, Elaine Stritch demonstration with contemporary Coward music, led by Judy Shakespear, 343 West 46th Street will include a debut 1930’s foxtrot by American members from Florida, Jim presents an evening of music and comedy New York Editors: tracing her career including landmark roles John Knowles and Ken Starrett Griffith and Bobi Sanderson. There will be dancing after dinner on Friday evening to “The Burton Lane songbook provides the House Band - ’The Art Deco Trio’. in Company, The Little Foxes, Bus Stop, A Holbrook a treasure trove of treasured Design and Production: John Knowles On Saturday there will be an opportunity to watch a film of Moira Lister’s Delicate Balance, Sail Away and Who's songs, and ‘Richard Sings Burton’ uses Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A hilarious Publication and Distribution: unforgettable performance in her solo show ‘Memories of Noël Coward’. Moira, them well... an appealing, good-looking Stephen Greenman (UK) anecdotal evening - unmissable! our former Vice President, was to have been our Star Guest during the weekend performer, comfortable with his audience, Ken Starrett (US) Start Time: 8pm but she died in South Africa in October of last year. She will be with us in our who carries some of his theater experience Music Correspondent: hearts and her close friend, Robert Gardiner, will introduce the film. During the Thursday 31st July - Sunday 10th August into his interpretation of lyrics.” Dominic Vlasto (no performance on 4 and 5 August) afternoon members will be performing a play-reading of Coward‘s Long Peter Leavy, Cabaret Island Sound, based on his 1939 short story What Mad Pursuit which was For more information on this show see Scenes Contributions are invited from the NCS website at: members of the Society. written after a real and painful experience spending what should have been a Friday, October 10, 2008 at 9:30 P.M. quiet weekend in The Hamptons, but turned out to be a fiasco. Clive Montellier http://www.noelcoward.net/archive/hcact2/e Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 8:00 P.M. The editor reserves the right lainestritch.html to edit all copy, images and is directing. After cocktails in the Palm Court on Saturday evening there will be our very *Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 9:30 decide on inclusion of items. own House Revue - “And What Comes After…” arranged by Celia Cologne and Dominic Vlasto, P.M. Details included in with a selection of songs and readings by members and the company. After dinner, the highlight of the Coward The Poet * A special encore performance the night ‘What’s On?’ are as received, weekend will be ‘Steve Ross, in Cabaret’. A BBC Radio 4 programme on Coward the before the opening of the with our thanks, from: For more information about the hotel, please look at www.burghisland.com Poet will broadcast on August 31 at 3:00 2008 Mabel Mercer Foundation’s 19th Samuel French UK and The cost of the weekend is £472 per person, which includes two nights in a individual suite or room - suites include the Noël Canada (Play Publishers and pm. Annual Cabaret Convention in Coward, the Gertie Lawrence, Amy Johnson, Agatha Christie, Jessie Matthews, Mountbatten, Fruity Metcalfe and a host more. Also Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Author’s Representatives), Ken Starrett (US), included are welcome tea and coffee on arrival, full English breakfasts on both mornings, cocktail canapés in the Palm Court The Noël Coward Trilogy has been Alan Brodie Representation Peacock Bar on both evenings, a three course dinner on both evenings, private secure parking on the mainland and all entertainment. released in the US (Professional Productions), Evening dress is essential for dinner and it is hoped that most members will dress in 1920’s or 1930’s style during the day. A CELEBRATION OF AN Stephen Marshall NCS members and At the time of going to press, all 48 members who are attending are fully paid up and there are no vacancies. However, it is theatre companies. possible that nearer the time someone will be obliged to cancel, for last minute health or family reasons, so we would like to have a EXTRAORDINARY LIFE Collection a selection of forthcoming productions with details - see www.noëlcoward.net and www.noëlcoward.com for more... and www.noëlcoward.com a selection of forthcoming productions with details - see www.noëlcoward.net waiting list to cover such an eventuality. The three hour-long specials in the BBC Apologies for the delay in drawing lots for For details of rights for Please get in touch if you would like to be on the waiting list, by contacting:- Arena series produced in the Coward the last few items in the late Stephen professional productions: Mrs Barbara Longford, 7 Argyll Mansions, London W14 8QG. • Tel: 020 7603 7399 • e-mail [email protected] Centenary year have been made available on Marshall’s Collection of Coward items. I Alan Brodie Representation DVD in the US. This detailed evocation hope to proceed with this in the next few www.alanbrodie.com traces Noël Coward's life, career and legacy. For amateur productions weeks when the minor redesign of the Samuel French Ltd. Part 1: The Boy Actor follows his meteoric office here is completed. NOTES FROM NEW YORK www.samuelfrench.com or rise to international fame at thirty: including After the lottery has been drawn a letter www.samuelfrench- how early influences as a young man shaped will be sent to everyone asking whether or london.co.uk Last November at the annual Cabaret Convention in New York City, Mr. Sidney Myer was presented his works such as Private Lives and The not they are happy to accept the selected For publishing rights: with the prestigious Paula Laurence Award. In addition to being an extremely talented performer, he is also Vortex. Part 2: Captain Coward focuses on item and pay for ‘post and package’. On Methuen the proprietor of a popular cabaret known as “Don't Tell Mama” which this year celebrates its 25th his journeys to the Far East with the Earl of acceptance the item will be sent. www.methuen.co.uk anniversary. The magazine ‘Cabaret Scenes’, in its recent July issue, featured the history of the club and Amherst, as well as entertaining the troops John Knowles For music rights: many people in the industry took ads offering their congratulations to Mr. Myer. A long-time NCS member, during the war years and films In Which We Warner Chappell he is a big Noël Coward afficionado. WHAT’S ON? www.warnerchappell.co.uk 12 Over the years, many performers about Noël’s life. Ruth was at the club have presented Coward's in great form, and was music. A lengthy list of NCS wonderfully funny. She Letters... members who have performed at told us that Noël Coward From NCS Member Robert Brooke... “Don't Tell Mama” would include was responsible for her Richard Barclay, Sandra Bendfeldt, first meeting with Sheridan Dear Editor, Eric Comstock, Eileen Fulton, Gerta which was in Oxford.
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