The Noël Coward Diaries - Edited by Graham Payn and Sheridan Morley

For over half a century Noël Coward was the British theatre's most renowned dramatist, director and star, and one of the most colourful characters who ever strode across its stage. These diaries chronicle the last 30 years of his life, from his war-time concert tours, through his private and professional depression in the 1950s to his triumphant re-emergence in the 1960s and knighthood in 1970. With a glittering cast of characters from the worlds of theatre, royalty, politics and high society, the diaries sparkle with Noël Coward's amazing zest and versatility and provide a marvellously funny, touching and revealing account of three decades in the life of one of the century's greatest entertainers.