Penelope, 62, who has just completed a five-month West End run in
Noel Coward's Star Quality, was "delighted".
AN ARTIST and a playwright vie for the attentions of frivolous Gilda in this
Noel Coward play about three adults making their own rules about love.
When the play first opened, audiences knew the real-life models for Whiteside (Alexander Woollcott), the composer-performer Beverly Carlton (
Noel Coward), and the Hollywood comedian Banjo (Harpo Marx).
Writer and wit
Noel Coward was second and Starlight Express and Phantom Of The Opera composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber third in the survey for The Stage magazine.
The stage at the 378-seat theatre, which housed the Birmingham Rep until its move to Centenary Square in 1971, has been graced by legendary actors such as Sir Laurence Olivier,
Noel Coward, and Sir Derek Jacobi.
Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman said, '
Noel Coward combined generosity with genius.
Inevitably, time has taken its toll on the two Lawrence heart-throbs' looks, but back in 1962
Noel Coward remarked that if they made O'Toole any prettier, the film would have to be renamed ``Florence of Arabia.
Music from Me and My Girl and My Fair Lady will play alongside classic hits from Glenn Miller, Vera Lynn, Ivor Novello and
Noel Coward.
The Blankety Blank host now lives in a mansion in Kent amid 28 acres of woodland once owned by
Noel Coward.
And the pairings with gay icons go on: a 1989 single with Liza Minnelli; 1994's quirky Absolutely Fabulous dialogue montage with the Brit show's two stars, Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley; and a 1999 contribution to Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of
Noel Coward. In April the Boys will fly to the United States to perform at Equality Rocks.
Prince Edward will unveil a life-size statue of playwright and songwriter
Noel Coward in New York today.
The performance will include some of the works of Schubert Lieder and
Noel Coward.