My life with Noël Coward
By: Graham Payn, with Barry Day.
Contributors: Day, Barry.
Publisher: Applause
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Coward, Noel, 1899-1973; Payn, Graham; Dramatists, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography
Description: Other men made fabulous careers out of the opportunities Noel Coward declined. But Coward's inner compass charted him on his own course to greatness. And when he couldn't find the destination on his maps, he invented Samolo, his own South Sea island complete with its own indigenous rituals and customs. And of course, we revisit Coward's worlds constantly in revivals of his classic plays, Hay Fever, Private Lives, Tonight at 8:30, Design for Living and Blithe Spirit.

This is the definitive memoir of the private Noel Coward by the only man with the compassionate insight and first-hand experience to write it. Graham Payn, star of many of Coward's shows, shared the Master's professional and private life for thirty years. When Coward kept the rest of the world at bay, Payn remained at his side as confidant and friend. No one else was as privy to Coward's doubts and dreams.
Notes: "An Applause original"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.