Subasta Bidspirit | COWARD NOEL: (1899-1973)

COWARD NOEL: (1899-1973) - COWARD NOEL: (1899-1973) English actor, playwright and composer, Academy Award winner. A.L.S., Noel , two pages (written to the first and final sides of the bifolium), 8vo, New York, n.d. (c.1925/26), to Charles [Dillingham] ( 'My Dear Charlie' ) on the printed stationery of The Ambassador hotel. Coward states that he is sorry to have missed saying goodbye to his correspondent, remarking 'I have been hectic to the verge of insanity' , expressing his gratitude 'Thank you a thousand times for having been so sweet to me during my stay here' and concluding by adding that he will see Dillingham again in September. Some very light, extremely minor discoloration to the first page, only minimally affecting a few words of text, otherwise VG Charles Dillingham (1868-1934) American theatre manager and producer of over two hundred Broadway shows. Coward's letter is most likely to date from around the time of the New York production of his three act play This Was a Man which premiered at the Klaw Theatre in November 1926. The work, which was refused a performance license in London, satirises the adulterous affairs of English high society. After an initial period of intense success the play was a comparitive failure and eventually took its toll on Coward's health.