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228: 487: 33: 199:, and in view of his own current poor box-office record he offered to release Cochran from the contract. Cochran declined; he told Coward he was quite sure that the revue would turn out to be triumphant and "one in the eye" for all his critics. Cochran was soon able to announce to the press, "What I have seen of this revue 'book' is some of the most brilliantly witty work Coward has ever done". 140:, earned mostly strong notices, and introduced some of Coward's enduring songs. After an Australian tour in 1929 it was not revived, although several of the songs have been incorporated in later stage compilations of Coward's works and were performed by Coward in his cabaret appearances and recordings. 316:
Among the sketches was a guide to London theatre in which Coward made fun of his own recent theatrical disasters. Among the songs were two that became well known and were prominent in Coward's cabaret repertoire: "Dance, Little Lady" and "A Room With a View". The revue restored Coward's fortunes. His
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Coward, lacking recent practice as a dancer, took lessons, "necessary but painful", in preparation. He commented later, "I remember Jessie Matthews in tears over her dance for "A Room With a View" and my own tears over my own dance for the same number when I did it later in New York". After the New
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Probably not since Charlot's Revue was produced in this country several years ago, has New York had an opportunity to witness a show so cleverly created and played as was the case last night. Cochran, always a master producer, when aided by a man with the deft knowledge of the theatre, such as Noël
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is the most amusing, the most brilliant, the cleverest, the daintiest, the most exquisite, the most fanciful, the most graceful, the happiest, the most ironical, the jolliest, the most kaleidoscopic, the loveliest, the most magnificent, the neatest and nicest, the most opulent, the pithiest, the
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quickest, the richest, the most superb and tasteful, the most uberous, the most versatile, the wittiest ... if any person comes to me and says that there has ever, anywhere in the world, been a better revue than this, I shall publicly tweak his nose.
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The show ran in New York for 157 performances. Coward usually made it a rule not to play in any production for more than three months, but such was the demand for tickets that he was persuaded to remain for the whole run.
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with an exclamation mark, and the sources giving that version include Castle (p. 9); Hoare (p. 191); Mander and Mitchenson (p. 171) and Morley (p. 148). Coward himself omitted the exclamation mark in his published works
336:, who was to use the bulk of Maisie's numbers and sketches. There would, of course, have to be an entirely new cast, as Cockie wisely and resolutely refused to break up the London company, which was playing to capacity. 391:. Coward included some, particularly "Dance, Little Lady" and "A Room With a View", but also "World Weary" and "Teach Me to Dance Like Grandma", in his later solo cabaret performances. 321:
writes that it "earn Coward the immense sum of £1000 a week in royalties, and further income from sales in their thousands of the hit songs in sheet music and gramophone records".
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gives examples of its use going back to the fourteenth century, such as "The yere of grace a thousand" and "He began it in the Year of Grace 1670, and finish'd it in 1672".
2006: 192:, was premiered and failed conspicuously, with a fiasco on the first night followed by a run of 28 performances. Coward was under contract to write a revue for the 210:. Coward's secretary, Lorn Lorraine, suggested varying this formula with a title that drew on a traditional term for any particular year of the Christian era, and 579:
Coward, has put together a most amusing entertainment of two hours, which is sure to keep the New York theatre-going public talking during the rest of the season.
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The revues of Cochran and others frequently included the year of production in their titles, and the new show was billed for its pre-London try-out in
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York production opened, three of the numbers used in it were introduced into the London production, including "World Weary", sung by Matthews.
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Some songs were dropped and others introduced during the run. The following are in the text that Coward published in 1939:
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The idea was for me to rewrite certain of Sonnie Hale's material to suit my own talents and to co-star with
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Cochran decided to open the show in New York while it was still running in London. Coward recalled:
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was not revived, although several of its numbers have been incorporated in later shows such as
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Maisie Gay led the cast in a tour of Australia in 1929, but thereafter, like most revues,
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choreographed and performed in dance sequences. Coward himself, together with
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The revue received enthusiastic notices. A dissenting voice was that of
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I must be careful with my superlatives, so I will say only this, that
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in New York in November of that year. The London cast was headed by
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and Marjorie Robertson (later a star under the stage name
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on 22 March 1928, where it ran for 316 performances.
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Index


Noël Coward
Book
West End
Broadway
revue
Noël Coward
Charles B. Cochran
Archie Selwyn
Sonnie Hale
Jessie Matthews
Maisie Gay
Tilly Losch
Beatrice Lillie
West End
Broadway
Noël Coward
On with the Dance
Semi-Monde
This Was a Man
Broadway
The Marquise
Home Chat
Sirocco
impresario
Charles B. Cochran
Manchester
young white woman in white evening dress surrounded by menacing figures in evening clothes and scary face masks
Jessie Matthews
Oliver Messel

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