Born in a suburb of London on December 16, 1899, Noël Coward earned his name for a rather obvious reason—his birthday was so close to Christmas. Destined to be a unique character in this world ...

Noël Coward at his writing desk in 1930, photo supplied by A Marvellous Party The last scene Noël Coward wrote before his death in 1973, will receive its world premiere at A Marvellous Party, a ...