DON’T MISS OUR NEXT UK SOCIETY EVENT ! JANUARY ‘Not Yet The Dodo’ at the Jermyn Street Theatre 2003 Saturday 30th August 2003 12.00 Noon Before the Summer totally slips away and the Autumn season begins we present The cost to members for this a unique opportunity to see Not Yet The Dodo a selection of Coward’s poetry event is £50 which includes with music devised and directed by Tim Heath. As you may know, the title is that the price of the theatre ticket, IN THIS ISSUE of Coward’s first verse collection and also his long verse story, which is narrated the meal and wine. This issue is largely devoted TEN CHIMNEYS to the opening of Ten in the show. There is a musical accompaniment with Coward’s music and other Members may purchase an Chimneys with associated music - arranged by the late William Blezard. additional event ticket for one A THEATRICAL DELIGHT! articles on the Ten Chimneys The cast consists of the actors - Sheila Reid and Miles Richardson - and the guest at this same price. Estate and the lives of Alfred pianist Michael Haslam, who accompanied Lorna Dallas at the recent society Further guests are welcome at It is a rare privilege to be Lunt & Lynn Fontanne event at The Ivy restaurant. This show has been especially arranged by us for £55 per head. ‘there’ when something NCS members! extraordinary is born. The Page 1 - Report and pictures For those wishing to attend on the opening celebrations The show starts at 12.00 noon and lasts about one and a half hours. the theatre only - the cost is opening of Ten Chimneys for Ten Chimneys in Genessee Afterwards we shall be meeting for lunch next door at the Getti Restaurant. £25 per member. Members on May 26th, 2003 was just Depot, Wisconsin. may purchase an additional such an occasion. This Page 3 Ten Chimneys - The theatre ticket for one guest at unique theatrical estate that Estate lies in the Wisconsin Page 5 Alfred Lunt & Lynn this same price. Further Fontanne guests may purchase tickets countryside at the old train Page 6 Patricia Conolly at £28 per head. halt of Genesee Depot is Page 7 ‘Waiting For Coward’ the joyous result of over 70 at the Algonquin years of painstaking en- Page 8 Noël Coward Letters PLEASE COME ALONG Page 8 Bright Young Things AND JOIN US! deavour. Originally a 30 Page 10 Pt 2 of Noël Coward acre estate bought in the & Judy Garland interview The enclosed flyer includes an 20’s by the celebrated Page 11 Coward & Beethoven The entrance to the Main House theatrical couple Alfred /New Coward CD/Lakeland Sheila Reid Miles Richardson Michael Haslam application form that should be Lunt and Lynn Fontanne it became a rural summer retreat and eventual home until Blithe Spirit/Jester Noël sent to the event organiser: Page 12 Coward in TIME The menu at Getti’s is: Barbara Longford at: Lynn’s demise in 1983 when it passed into the hands of relatives under the care of Page 15 What’s On? Light pasta (vegetarian) starter 7, Argyll Mansions, London Alfred’s brother-in-law George Bugbee. In 1996 it was saved from redevelopment by Page 16 NCS EVENTS! Fresh salmon steak grilled with Mediterranean herbs, W14 8QG Joseph (Joe) Garton who established the Ten Chimneys Foundation. Joe initially raised potatoes & peas Home Tel: 020 7603 7399 the money from the sale of some of his award winning restaurants Cappucino roulade Work Tel: 020 7937 8692 and mortgaging his house. This amongst other outstanding civic Coffee Work Fax: 020 7361 3105 actions has been recognised both locally and nationally. Sean House wine is included with the cost of the meal. email: [email protected] Malone, the Acting President of the Foundation, is justly proud of the contributions of the donors, staff and volunteers. The restored estate and new Program Center reek of quality in planning, design, build and fitting. Ken Starrett and John Knowles attended the COMING SOON - EARLY 2004 ! opening reception on Saturday 26th May. Guests were greeted by a champagne reception on the main floor where collections of STEVE ROSS photographs, miniature theatres, video screens, stage and dressing room areas gave an insight into the fabulous world of the Lunts. A AT LONDON’S PIZZA ON THE PARK buffet supper was served on the lower floor to the music of Glen OUR 1ST EVENT IN 2004 Miller provided by ‘Command Performance’ a 20 piece dance FOR COWARD SOCIETY MEMBERS band dressed in period US army uniforms. >>>> Noël’s bedroom (upstairs) in the Main House “No Ross performance is complete without a heady dose of his personal icons, Cole Porter and Noël Coward. He may be the foremost interpreter of the legendary composers, and with tongue firmly planted in cheek he warns, “Don’t Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs. Worthington” with impish glee. Coward’s haunting “I’ll See You Again” summons fond memories of “Bitter Sweet,” which climaxed with a departed Nelson Eddy in the clouds dueting with a weepy Jeanette MacDonald in her rocking chair. Teary stuff here, and sublimely framed.” Daily Variety - Robert Daniels All correspondence for Home Chat to: The Noël Coward Society, 29, Waldemar Avenue, Hellesdon, Norwich, NR6 6TB Email: homechat@Noëlcoward.net Tel: +44 (0)1603 486 188 Fax: +44 (0)1603 400 683 The Program Center Main Floor in the Program Center Lunt-Fontanne Stage area Page16 NEXT SOCIETY EVENT - SAT. AUGUST 30th - JERMYN STREET THEATRE SEE BACK PAGE & FLYER The date for the opening celebration official tour! Martin remembers the WHAT’S ON? ACROSS THE GLOBE (Professional companies in red, amateur in black) was not chosen at random. It was Lunts well as he was their paper- “ ... ‘the play itself is what America & Canada the date of what would have been boy. He delivered papers to the counts.’ Mr. Lunt entertains quite Blithe Spirit the 81st wedding anniversary of the violent opinions about the actor - kitchen and was often rewarded by Mar- Apr 2004 Denver Center, Denver, CO Jul-Aug Atlantic Th. Co, Wolfville, NS star or bit player - who tries to Lunts who married on May 26, being invited to sit at the table and Jun-Aug Purple Rose Thr., Chelsea, Mich. Sep-Oct Utah (more information to follow...) 1922. try some of Alfred’s baking! When hog centre stage, who puts Hay Fever our tour entered the Drawing Room himself on a loftier plane than his 7-19 Jun The New Harmony Theatre Opening, Indiana. 20 Nov-13 Dec Grande Prairie Live Theatre, Alberta Martin remembered coming into the fellow-actors and the author’s 24 Jun-31 Aug Cedar City, Utah, USA June Westport Country Playhouse, Conn. room as a boy and seeing Alfred script - ‘not that I know any such Sep-Oct Pacific Repertory Thr., Carmel, CA Jul Highlands Playhouse, South Carolina and Lynn seated on two of the actors today.’ The important thing Design For Living antique chairs with Noël Coward sat is for everyone in the show to 5-13 Feb 2004 Amicus Productions Toronto, Ontario 8-17 May Gateway Theatre Guild, North Bay, ON at the card table! make good.” Present Laughter 2 Mar-1 Nov Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland OR. A full description of the Estate is A maxim that all at Ten Chimneys Foundation so clearly share! Relative Values 7 Jun-5 Jul The Metropolitan Cooperative Theatre Society, Vancouver BC provided in the following article Fallen Angels John Knowles taken from information provided by 18-31 Jan 2004 Bramalea Live Theatre, Brampton, ON 20-30 Dec School of Drama Arts, Windsor, ON the Foundation. For the visitor the Private Lives impression is one of a place of For those wishing to find out more 21-30 Aug Weston Playhouse in Weston, Vermont 20-30 Dec University of Windsor, Windsor, ON Napkin announcing the ‘Anniversary!’ fantasy where the two stars who about Ten Chimneys and the Lunts Sep-Nov Globe Thr., Regina, Saskatchewan., Canada, ; Jul-Aug Post Playhouse, Chadron, Nebr. the following should be of some Sep Riverside Thr., Iowa City, Iowa, Jul-Sep Santa Cruz, CA Those attending the celebration were so totally absorbed with each help: Jul to Aug The Red Barn Thr., Jackson Point, Ontario Aug-Sep PCPA Theaterfest, Santa Monica, CA were donors to the Foundation, other and their theatrical lives, lived The Ten Chimneys Website: Jul Pioneer Valley Summer Thr.,Easthampton, Mass. Jul Timber Lake Playhouse, Mt. Carroll, Ill staff, volunteers, supporters and out their dreams. Unreal though this may seem their world encompassed http://www.tenchimneys.org Aug Weston Playhouse, Weston, Vermont, Aug-Sep Lamb's Players Thr., Coronado, CA guests who danced until midnight Jan-Feb, 2004 Lyric Stage, Boston, Mass. May-June Olney Thr. Center, Olney, Maryland using their marked dance cards - a the local community who protected Books: Aug Capitol Thr., Port Hope, Ontario Apr- May, 2004 Irish Classical Thr. Buffalo, NY historic touch that ensured that them from the prying eyes of the 4-21 Feb, 2004 Tribal Productions, Thornhill, ON The Fabulous Lunts - A Biogra- most got up and danced! media and uninvited visitors. They Australasia phy of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Outside ‘candle bags’ lit the expan- employed local college boys and We Were Dancing/Shadow Play/Red peppers 2 7 -26 Jul Brisbane (Press 10 Jul) Australia Fontanne by Jared Brown with a sive patio and verandas where a girls as their staff, paying them Blithe Spirit Forward by Helen Hayes published giant photograph of the Lunts looks twice what they could have earned 28 to 31 Aug Townsville, Queensland, Australia 15 Nov-20 Dec Melbourne Theatre Co Victoria in 1988 by Atheneum, New York.