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APRIL 2009 WHAT’S ON? See and for More Details of some recent and future productions and events Home Chat is the newsletter THE NEWSLETTER OF THE NOËL COWARD SOCIETY - APRIL 2009 WHAT’S ON? see www.noëlcoward.net and www.noëlcoward.com for more. of The Noël Coward Society Free wholly owned by to members Noël Coward Ltd. which is of the part of the charitable trust: Society The Noël Coward Foundation. Price £2 ($4) Officers of the Society are: President: HRH The Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC Chairman: Barbara Longford Vice Presidents: Tammy Grimes • Penelope Keith CBE • Barry Day OBE • Stephen Fry Secretary: Denys Robinson Treasurer: Stephen Greenman North American Director: The Society’s 10th Anniversary Ken Starrett AMERICA ADORES COWARD US West Coast Liaison: n Noël’s ‘Home Sweet Heaven’ he must be adoring the interest and UK Events: Latest News of Kathy Williams activity in the US that is sweeping across the country and the year Representative for Australia: two additional events Robert Wickham ahead. For NCS members an adventure awaits them in the land of the Representative for France: free - from coast to coast. The revival of Blithe Spirit prompted huge Hélène Catsiapis Iinterest for US members, some 120 attended a special preview Monday 4th May, 2009, supper from 6.p.m. performance 7.45 p.m. Unless otherwise stated all images and text are copyright to NC Aventales AG ‘Standing up for Coward’ All correspondence to: at Pizza-on-the-Park, The Editor, 29 Waldemar Avenue, Hyde Park Corner, London Hellesdon, Norwich, by Michael Darvell BRIEF ENCOUNTER ON TOUR Announcing Elizabeth Sharland's NR6 6TB, UK John Standing, who starred with Maggie Smith in The Kneehigh production of Brief Encounter is latest book: [email protected] Private Lives both in travelling to the following theatres as shown: Passionate Pilgrimages From Chopin to Coward Tel: +44 (0)1603 486 188 London and on Tuesday 7 to Saturday 11 April Elizabeth Sharland will Broadway and with Editors: Maria Aitken in Hay Richmond Theatre BO: 0870 060 6651 be launching her new John Knowles and Ken Starrett www.richmondtheatre.net book in New York with Fever and who is well Design and Production: known for his Tuesday 14 to Saturday 18 April Coward cabaret artist par John Knowles Cardiff, New Theatre BO: (029) 2087 8889 excellence Steve Ross at Publication and Distribution: performances in www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk the Harvard Club on Stephen Greenman (UK) theatre, film and Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 April April 23rd. In London Ken Starrett (US) The Shubert Theatre on Opening Night television, will be Brighton Theatre Royal BO: 08700 606 650 Elizabeth will launch at Music Correspondent: Photo: Richard Holbrook performing his show Dominic Vlasto performance. The opening night performance and party at Sardi’s was www.the ambassadors.com/theatreroyal/ Hatchards on May 12th about Noël Coward in attended by members of the ‘Coward family’ including our own Ken Tuesday 28 April to Saturday 2 May starting at 12.30pm. story and song at the Contributions are invited from Starrett accompanied by our Vice President, Tammy Grimes. cabaret venue Pizza- Coventry Warwick Arts Centre See you there! members of the Society. BO: 024 7652 4524 Ken Starrett reports on the opening and the first night party at Sardi’s. on-the-Park, Hyde The editor reserves the right The eagerly awaited Broadway production of Blithe Spirit opened on Park Corner, London, on Monday 4th May. The www.warwickartscentre.co.uk to edit all copy, images and COWARD AT CAMBRIDGE March 15th, and was without a doubt, THE opening night of the season. Tuesday 5 to Saturday 9 May decide on inclusion of items. performance begins at 7.45 p.m. and the doors are This gala black-tie event had all the earmarks of legendary opening nights open at 6.00 p.m. to enable members to have supper Nottingham theatre Royal BO: 0115 989 5555 The Cambridge University Noël Coward Details included in ‘What’s On?’ are as received, - celebrities, television and press interviews, flashing cameras of the before the show. www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk Society will be launched at the end of the Tuesday 12 to Saturday 16 May with our thanks, from: paparazzi, and a huge party at Sardi's across the street following the The premier run of this show took place in Summer term with a new production of Samuel French UK and February at Bellamy’s Restaurant in Mayfair and Newcastle Theatre Royal BO: 08448 11 21 21 Private Lives directed by Alex Winterbotham. Canada (Play Publishers and m was completely sold out. It will also be playing at Group bookings: 08448 11 21 22 It will be staged in the gardens of Trinity co Author’s Representatives), y. the Café Carlyle in New York later in the year. John Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 May a College, on Tuesday 9, Wednesday 10 and Ken Starrett (US), w d Standing comes from an eminent acting dynasty Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Thursday 11 June. Alan Brodie Representation a BO: 01902 429 212 ro that includes his great grandfather Herbert Contact the Society's Secretary, Denys (Professional Productions), /B www.grandtheatre.co.uk NCS members and in Standing, his grandfather Sir Guy Standing his Robinson for tickets or further information on te Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 May theatre companies. rs grandmother actress Dorothy Hammond, and his 020 7983 4117, by post to 4 Parkside, fe a mother Kay Hammond who is perhaps best Bath Theatre Royal BO: 01225 448 844 S Vanbrugh Fields, London SE3 7QQ or at . For details of rights for J remembered for her role as Elvira in Blithe Spirit. www.theatreroyal.org.uk t professional productions: er Noël Coward was a good friend of the Standing Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 June b [email protected] www.alanbrodie.com o family, so John has a fund of stories and anecdotes Cheltenham Everyman Theatre R For amateur productions & about Noël and the many celebrities with whom he BO: 01242 572 573 k Coward also lights up Cambridge theatres www.samuelfrench.com or o www.everymantheatre.org.uk ro worked. John’s programme at Pizza-on-the-Park with performances from two of the current UK www.samuelfrench- lb o will comprise some of these stories interspersed Tuesday 22 to 27 June london.co.uk touring companies; the Kneehigh Theatre’s H with a selection of Coward’s songs. Sheffield Lyceum BO: 0114 249 606 For publishing rights: rd Brief Encounter (31 Mar to 4 Apr) and Song a www.methuen.co.uk h (Sir) John Standing succeeded his father, Sir www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk at Twilight with Peter Egan (13 to 18 Apr); ic Tuesday 30 June to Saturday 4 July For music rights: R Ronald Leon, as the fourth baronet in 1964. both at the Cambridge Arts Theatre s: www.warnerchappell.co.uk to Although his father was a stockbroker, it was Cornwall Hall for Cornwall BO: 01872 262 466 Christine Ebersole (top left as Elvira) with Ken Starrett at the opening night party at Sardi’s o BO: 01223 503333 h www.hallforcornwall.co.uk P Page 12 JOIN US IN 2009 - TO CELEBRATE THE SOCIETY’S TENTH BIRTHDAY! performance. Broadway stars and popular personalities adding to the perhaps inevitable that John should become an as a brand new revival of Noël’s most popular comedy opens on excitement included Polly Bergen, Raul Esparza, Penny Fuller, Rex actor, just like his grandfather, grandmother, mother Broadway, Barry Day looks at the history of this ‘improbable farce.’ Reed, Liz Smith, Richard Thomas and Tony Award winners, Elizabeth and stepfather, Sir John Clements. John is married BLITHE SPIRIT Part Two: Broadway to CBS TV Ashley, Donna Murphy, Roger Rees, Marian Seldes and Tammy Grimes. to Sarah Forbes, daughter of Bryan Forbes and oël had originally thought this might be a suitable reading of the part. Ms. Grimes was, of course, Elvira in the musical version, High Spirits Nanette Newman. The Society has obtained a vehicle for his friends, the Lunts but letters from In his memoirs Noël chooses to “draw a light, spangled veil and has played Madame Arcati in a production of the play in Stratford, discount of £5 on all tickets and the price for NCS his US partner, Jack Wilson (who was to direct in over it. It wasn’t entirely bad but it was a great deal less good Ontario. This production gives us a suave Rupert Everett as Charles members is £20 per head. Noël’s absence) soon put that idea to rest. than it should have been.” Condomine, making his Broadway debut after having appeared in several HOW TO BOOK: Please speak to Charlie David on “Alfred called me up last night and they are crazy In 1956 came the live production for CBS. Coward plays in London. Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole is a Nabout the play, as I thought they the Pizza-on-the-Park booking line on 08456 First he had to cut down a three act deliciously mischievous Elvira, and Jayne Atkinson as Ruth, gives a 027017 and tell him that you would like to be part should be, in fact even more so that I play to fit a 90 minute time slot (minus deftly controlled performance. NCS member Simon Jones as Dr. of the Noël Coward Society’s special group had expected and Alfred was very commercials!) Bradman and Deborah Rush as Mrs. Bradman both offer smooth support booking. You may reserve your ticket by credit tempted with the man’s part. She That was an experience he found in these psychic goings-on.
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