{"product_id":"2026200016957-secondhand-coward-plays-three-design-for-living-cavalcade-conversation-piece-tonight-at-8-30-i","title":"Coward Plays: Three: Design For Living, Cavalcade, Conversation Piece, Tonight At 8.30 (I)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the golden age of British theatre comes a definitive collection of four landmark works by one of the twentieth century's most celebrated dramatists — Noël Coward. Coward Plays: Three gathers together Design for Living, the scandalously witty love triangle that shocked and enchanted audiences in equal measure; Cavalcade, an epic patriotic panorama of English life spanning three decades; Conversation Piece, a beguiling Regency-era musical romance; and the first installment of Tonight at 8.30, the ingeniously conceived series of one-act plays written as a vehicle for Coward and Gertrude Lawrence. Introduced by the theatre historians Mander and Mitchenson, this volume places each work within its rich historical and cultural context, illuminating the circumstances of their creation and first performance.\n\nCoward's genius lay in his razor-sharp wit, his musicality, and his unnerving instinct for what an audience craved — whether laughter, tears, or a shiver of patriotic pride. This collection illustrates the extraordinary range of a writer who could pivot from drawing-room comedy to grand historical spectacle without missing a beat. Published by Methuen as part of their indispensable World Dramatists series, this volume stands as an essential companion for students of drama, theatre lovers, and anyone who wishes to understand the cultural heartbeat of interwar Britain — and why Coward's voice still resonates with such irresistible authority today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269346894043,"sku":"2026200016957-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/cc0fff9e-860a-41db-ae7c-6b58b412e55b.png?v=1788999013","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016957-secondhand-coward-plays-three-design-for-living-cavalcade-conversation-piece-tonight-at-8-30-i","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}