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Come into the Garden, Maud (Coward)

Short Play, Comedy  /  2w, 2m

Noël Coward

Come into the Garden Maud
by Noël Coward

"A drama of profound depth and significance." - London Daily Express

Performed with Shadows of the Evening in London with Coward, Lilli Palmer and Irene Worth, this view of the haute monde is tempered by having the man and wife Americans this time. She is a social climber, while he is a rich cornhusker who couldn't ca…

Come into the Garden, Maud (Coward)

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Come into the Garden, Maud (Coward)

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Performed with Shadows of the Evening in London with Coward, Lilli Palmer and Irene Worth, this view of the haute monde is tempered by having the man and wife Americans this time. She is a social climber, while he is a rich cornhusker who couldn't care less about society. While the wife is entertaining a high and mighty prince downstairs, the husband is entertaining a threadbare princess upstairs. It doesn't take long for the husband to realize he has more in common with royalty than his wife does. Produced in New York under the title Noel Coward in Two Keys .
M2 (28, 55) F2 (late 40s, early 50s).
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A Swiss hotel suite

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Noël Coward

Noël Coward

Noël Peirce Coward was born in 1899 and made his professional stage debut as Prince Mussel in The Goldfish at the age of 12, leading to many child actor appearances over the next few years. His breakthrough in playwriting was the controversial The Vortex (1924), which feature ...

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