Noël Coward

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Also Known As	Sir Noël Peirce Coward
Born	December 16, 1899 • Teddington • England
Died	March 26, 1973 (aged 73) • Jamaica
Notable Works	“Blithe Spirit” • “Cavalcade” • “Design for Living” • “Hay Fever” • “I’ll See You Again” • “In Which We Serve” • “Mad About the Boy” • “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” • “Pomp and Circumstance” • “Poor Little Rich Girl” • “Present Laughter” • “Private Lives” • “Still Life” • “The Better Half” • “The Vortex” • “Tonight at Eight-thirty”

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