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Listed here are all of the known theatre works of Noël Coward.
They are grouped under the titles: Plays, Revues and Musicals and Short Stories that have been adapted for the stage, film, radio and television. Some of the plays included here exist only as original manuscripts or are partially completed work. Others remain unproduced. Short additional notes are included to indicate these details where they are known. Musical adaptations of Coward's work that were composed or written by others are included. In 1985 the BBC adapted six of Coward's short stories for television. These were later released by START Video on VHS videotape. On September 11th 2007 they will be re-released by the BBC as part of a 7 DVD collection of Coward's work. In recent years three previously unproduced works finally received their premier: Semi-Monde (1977 Glasgow Citizens Theatre. Weblink... and 2001 Lyric Theatre, London. Weblink...), Volcano (2000 Palace Theatre, Westcliffe-on-Sea) and Long Island Sound (2002 TACT New York. Weblink...). |
| Title | Written | Produced | Adaptations | |
| 1910s | Ida Collaborates (with Esmé Wynne) | 1917 | 1917 | |
| Whisky And Women (with Esmé Wynne) | 1918 | 1918 | ||
| The Unattainable (unpublished) | 1918 | |||
| The Rat Trap | 1918 | 1926 | ||
| Nature's Nobleman (one-act, unpublished) | 1918 | |||
| The Last Trick (unproduced) | 1918 | |||
| The Impossible Wife (unproduced) | 1918 | |||
| title unknown (unproduced) | 1919 | |||
| I'll Leave It To You | 1919 | 1920 | ||
| 1920s | Barriers Down (unproduced) | 1920 | ||
| The Young Idea | 1921 | 1922 | TV 1939 | |
| Sirrocco | 1921 | 1927 | ||
| The Better Half (one-act) | 1921 | 1922 | ||
| A Young Man's Fancy (unproduced) | 1922 | |||
| The Queen Was In The Parlour (originally called Nadya, then Souvenir) |
1922 | 1926 | Film 1927 and as Tonight Is Ours 1933 | |
| Mild Oats (one-act) | 1922 | 1922 | ||
| The Vortex | 1923 | 1924 | Film 1928 TV 1964, 1969 | |
| Fallen Angels | 1923 | 1925 | ||
| Weatherwise (one-act) | 1923 | 1932 | ||
| Hay Fever | 1924 | 1925 | TV 1938, 1939, 1960, 1968 | |
| Easy Virtue | 1924 | 1925 New York 1926 London |
Film 1928 | |
| Semi-Monde (originally called Ritz Bar) | 1924 | 1977 Glasgow 2001 London |
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| This Was A Man | 1926 | 1926 New York, 1927 Berlin, 1928 Paris |
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| The Marquise | 1926 | 1927 | TV 1969, 1980 | |
| Home Chat | 1927 | 1927 | ||
| 1930s | Private Lives | 1930 | 1930 | Film 1931 TV 1939, 1976 |
| Post-Mortem | 1930 | 1944 (amateur) 1946 (amateur) |
TV 1968 | |
| Some Other Private Lives (parody of Private Lives; one-act) |
1930 | 1930
(charity show) 1932 |
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| Cavalcade | 1930-31 | 1931 | Film 1933 TV 1955 | |
| Design for Living | 1931 | 1933 US 1939 London |
Film 1933 TV 1964, 1979 | |
| Point Valaine | 1934 | 1934 Boston 1935 New York |
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| Tonight at 8.30 (Tonight at 7:30 in Manchester) Three programmes of one-act plays listed as follows: |
1935 | 1935 Manchester followed by UK tour 1936 London |
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| We Were Dancing | Film 1942 | |||
| The Astonished Heart | Film 1949 | |||
| Red Peppers | Meet Me Tonight 1952 TV 1937, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1969 |
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| Hands Across The Sea | TV 1938 | |||
| Fumed Oak | Meet Me Tonight 1952 | |||
| Shadow Play | TV 1954 | |||
| Family Album | ||||
| Star Chamber (only performed once) | ||||
| Ways and Means | Meet Me Tonight 1952 | |||
| Still Life | Brief Encounter Film 1945 TV 1951, 1954, 1974 |
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| Present Laughter (Originally called Sweet Sorrow) | 1939 | 1939 | TV 1964 | |
| This Happy Breed | 1939 | 1939 | Film 1944 TV 1956 | |
| 1940s | Time Remembered (unproduced) | 1940 | ||
| Blithe Spirit | 1941 | 1941 | Film 1945 TV 1946, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1966 | |
| Peace In Our Time | 1946 | 1947 | ||
| Long Island Sound | 1947 | 2002 New York | TV 1985 as What Mad Pursuit? (see Short Stories) | |
| Island Fling (originally Home and Colonial; in the UK South Sea Bubble) |
1949 | 1951 Connecticut 1956 Manchester |
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| 1950s | Relative Values (originally Moxie) | 1950 | 1951 | Film 2000 |
| Quadrille | 1951 | 1952 | TV 1961, 1966, 1986 | |
| Nude With Violin | 1954 | 1956 | ||
| Volcano | 1956 | 2000 Westcliffe | ||
| Look After Lulu | 1958 | 1959 | ||
| Waiting In The Wings | 1959 | 1960 | ||
| Suite In Three Keys (Suite In Two Keys in the US) trilogy as follows: |
1965 | 1966 London 1974 New York |
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| A Song At Twilight | TV 1973, 1982 | |||
| Shadows of the Evening | ||||
| Come Into the Garden, Maud | TV 1982 | |||
| Title | Written | Produced | Adaptations | |
| Revues | On With The Dance | 1924-25 | 1925 Manchester | |
| This Year of Grace | 1927-28 | 1928 Manchester | ||
| Words and Music | 1932 | 1932 Manchester | ||
| Set To Music | 1938 | 1938 Boston 1939 New York |
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| Sigh No More | 1945 | 1945 Manchester 1945 London |
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| Musicals | Bitter Sweet | 1929 | 1929 | Film 1933, 1940 |
| Conversation Piece (romantic comedy with music) | 1933 | 1934 | ||
| Operette | 1937 | 1938 | ||
| Pacific 1860 | 1945-46 | 1946 | ||
| Ace of Clubs (musical play) | 1949 | 1950 | ||
| After The Ball (musical play) | 1953 | 1954 Liverpool | ||
| Sail Away (musical comedy) | 1961 | 1961 New York | ||
| The Girl Who Came To Supper (Musical comedy, Coward wrote music & lyrics only) |
1962 | 1962 London 1963 New York |
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| High Spirits (musical based on Blithe Spirit by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray. Originally called 'Faster Than Sound' - Noël Coward Director) | 1963 | 1964 US 1964 London |
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| Mr & Mrs (musical based on Fumed Oak & Brief Encounter music and lyrics by John Taylor) | 1968 | 1968 London |
| Title | Written | Produced | Adaptations | |
| The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe | 1939 | TV 1968, 1981 | ||
| What Mad Pursuit (Long Island Sound) | 1939 | 2002 New York | TV 1985 | |
| Star Quality | 1951 | 2001 London | TV 1968, 1985 | |
| Mr & Mrs. Edgehill | 1951 | TV 1985 | ||
| Mrs. Capper's Birthday | 1964 | TV 1968, 1985 | ||
| Pretty Polly Barlow | 1964 | TV 1966 | ||
| Me and the Girls | 1964 | TV 1985 | ||
| Bon Voyage | 1967 | TV 1968 |
