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Home Chat Is the Newsletter the NEWSLETTER of the NOËL COWARD SOCIETY - DECEMBER 2008 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 - DECEMBER 2008 WHAT’S ON? see www.noëlcoward.net and www.noëlcoward.com for more. of The Noël Coward Society wholly owned by TREASURE ISLAND 22 January to 28 February 2009, with a cast Noël Coward Ltd. which is including Claire Price (currently in The White NCS member Ken Ludwig wrote the adaptation part of the charitable trust: Devil) as Amanda and Jasper Britton (currently The Noël Coward Foundation. of Treasure Island now on in the West End at in Oedipus at the National) as Elyot. the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. The Press night Officers of the Society are: President: HRH The Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC was on November 17th and the show is Chairman: Barbara Longford Vice Presidents: Tammy Grimes • Penelope Keith CBE • Barry Day OBE • Stephen Fry scheduled to run through to the end of February. BLITHE SPIRIT ON BROADWAY Secretary: Denys Robinson Free to members of the Society • Price £2 ($4) The Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit begins on Treasurer: Stephen Greenman February 26, 2009, and North American Director: A LUNCHEON opens in March at the Ken Starrett Shubert Theatre on Representative for Australia: TAMMY GRIMES IN NEW YORK Broadway. Jeffrey Robert Wickham or an Englishman in New York its spirit is almost constant. The Representative for France: Richards, Jerry Frankel collection of urban villages that make up the city offer a unique Hélène Catsiapis and Steve Traxler will experience for the visitor and resident alike. One can sit produce the revival, that Unless otherwise stated all comfortably in small parks, sidewalk cafés and restaurants with will star Angela Lansbury, images and text are copyright Fyellow cabs and giant trucks passing by only feet away. Macy’s, Christine Ebersole, Rupert to NC Aventales AG Tiffany’s and the delights of 5th Avenue shopping are within easy reach; Everett, Simon Jones and All correspondence to: the best neighbourhood restaurants are reasonably priced with clients both Jayne Atkinson. The The Editor, famous and unknown sitting side-by-side with easy respect. New Yorkers The Independent newspaper writes: comedy was first presented 29 Waldemar Avenue, may use one of up to 150 languages but they speak with one voice in their “The American playwright Ken Ludwig's in the US at the Morosco Theater in 1941. Hellesdon, Norwich, determination to live amicably and productively side-by-side and earn a NR6 6TB, UK skilfully filleted account of Robert Louis ‘buck or two.’ This spirit of New York was seen at its best at a very special johnknowles@noëlcoward.net Stevenson's imperishable adventure beefs up the BRIEF ENCOUNTER UK TOUR Tel: +44 (0) 1603 486 188 occasion that took place on Sunday 12 October when the Noël Coward friendship between cabin boy Jim Hawkins (a The Kneehigh production of Brief Encounter Society inducted its newest Vice President, Tammy Grimes. Tammy is a slightly over-age but immensely likeable that has enjoyed Editors: first lady of American theater whose career - outlined in the June 2008 Michael Legge) and piratical Long John Silver such great success John Knowles and Ken Starrett edition of Home Chat - and connection with Noël make her the obvious (played by Keith Allen), to the extent of at The Cinema in Design and Production: candidate for our first American-born Vice President. The upstairs room at Shakespearean reminiscence over their shared John Knowles Sardi’s became the venue of choice to mark her acceptance of this new the Haymarket in Publication and Distribution: devotion to Jim's dead father, and Jim's eventual London's West role. Tammy welcomed each of the 90 guests, present in her honour, at donation of some of the treasure to the Stephen Greenman (UK) their tables. She was accompanied by her biographer Jeffrey Kindley. End is to go on a Ken Starrett (US) marauding fortune hunter.” You can read more Guests at her table included speakers at the luncheon: Philip and Marilyn UK tour. The Music Correspondent: about the opening at www.kenludwig.com Langner (Philip is President of the Theatre Guild). Lee Roy Reems (who company will be Dominic Vlasto The caricature of Tammy Grimes and/or the production website: starred with Tammy in the musical 42nd Street), Patrick Donohue, Ken visiting the major cities from February 2009 as at Sardi’s restaurant www.treasureislandtheplay.com well as their home base in Cornwall - presenting Contributions are invited from Starrett and John Knowles who presented her with her scroll of their own adaptation of Coward's classic play members of the Society. appointment. Speakers also included noted cabaret performer, KT HAMPSTEAD 50th PRIVATE LIVES Still Life and the film directed by David Lean. The editor reserves the right Sullivan, Frances Tannehill (President of the Twelfth Night to edit all copy, images and Tammy Grimes and John Knowles Club - a charitable organization supporting actresses), and Joel decide on inclusion of items. Vig (Broadway performer and the Director of Tammy's cabaret TONIGHT AT 8:30 Details included in performance). Present among the guests were film star Celeste ‘What’s On?’ are as received, Ontario’s Shaw Festival will present all 10 plays Holm, Geraldine Ruth (Head of The Ziegfeld Club) and noted with our thanks, from: from “Tonight at 8:30” series, including the cabaret performers, Margot Astrachan, Joyce Breach, Earl rarely produced Star Chamber in one all-day Samuel French UK and Canada (Play Publishers and Levit and Evelyn Page. The programme for the luncheon performance. It will mark only the second time Author’s Representatives), stated: in the US that all of the plays have been Ken Starrett (US), “It all started one evening in 1959 when she was singing in produced by a professional company since their Alan Brodie Representation a small New York night club called, “Downstairs at the London debut at the Phoenix Theater in the (Professional Productions), Upstairs.” Her unique style was particularly appealing to one 1935-36 season - this is the first time that all the NCS members and member of the audience. Noël Coward. He had been plays can be seen in one day! Ticket information theatre companies. 1-800-511-7429. Speakers and Table Guests at the Luncheon North London’s Hampstead Theatre marks its For details of rights for 50th anniversary in 2009 with a new production professional productions: of Private Lives, the 1929 comedy by Noël www.alanbrodie.com Coward that famously launched Hampstead’s For amateur productions brought by Roddy McDowall to hear her, and instantly offered fortunes in 1962. In 1962, James Roose-Evans www.samuelfrench.com or Tammy Grimes a role in hi next play. Very shortly afterwards she www.samuelfrench- the founder and first artistic director, presented a would be making her Broadway debut in the starring role of london.co.uk Coward’s play ‘Look After Lulu’. She would win a ‘Theatre World celebrated production of Private Lives, Noël For publishing rights: Coward’s comedy about warring exes Elyot and Award’ for her performance.” www.methuen.co.uk Ken Starrett hosted the event ably assisted by Richard Holbrook. Amanda, which became the theatre’s first West For music rights: As MC, Ken introduced those who came to give voice to Tammy’s End transfer and resulted in what Coward www.warnerchappell.co.uk himself, then in his 60s and out of fashion, achievements in the world of entertainment. On her table was a referred to as “Dad’s renaissance”. Lucy Bailey Produce using QuarkXpress 8 bunch of beautiful white roses - her favourite flower. It was quite directs the new production, which will run from on a Mac QuadPro G5 clear that she was deeply moved by the occasion and the honour that PowerPC the Society and its guests had paid her. John Knowles Page 12 JOIN US IN 2009 - TO CELEBRATE THE SOCIETY’S TENTH BIRTHDAY! Collected archive The Society’s 10th Anniversary COWARD SCRAPBOOK fragments. ne of a series of events to mark the Noël Coward Teddington Theatre Club is also celebrating 10 years at the NOËL AT DANIEL MASSEY’S TWO COWARD CARICATURE centenary year in 1999 was a two-day playhouse and they have invited Roger Smith to direct Relative CHRISTENING CHRISTMAS CARDS BY CLIVE FRANCIS conference at Birmingham University, held in Values. Roger worked tirelessly, as Chairman of TTC, to ensure Noël must have been one part to celebrate the ultimate repository of the that this special playhouse site was acquired. The Welcome Gala of the most popular Noël Coward Papers at the University. It was at Reception will begin at 4.30 p.m. and the performance will be at O choices for those in the this conference that the formation of a society to celebrate Noël 6.p.m. (There is a large car park very near the theatre, with no theatre world when it Coward and his works was announced. The Society was created charge on Sundays). came to selecting a following discussions involving Graham Payn (the owner and LONDON CALLING. .. godfather. As with manager of the Noël Coward Estate), Michael Imison (the everything else he took his theatrical agent who represented the Estate) and Gareth Pike (a ALL MEMBERS WHEREVER YOU LIVE duties seriously. Daniel Coward enthusiast and collector). At the conference were Massey held here by Noël numerous figures from the worlds of stage and screen, critics, in front of his mother and actors, authors, students and academics. Amongst the great and sister later played Noël in the good were five people who had a keen interest in Coward the film of Gertrude who had applied to attend.
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