Word: cowardly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...This Year of Grace," a regue by Noel Coward, presented at the Selwyn Theater under the direction of Arch Selwyn, with a cast containing the author, composer and Miss Beatrice Lillie...
...author and composer of "This Year of Grace" Mr. Noel Coward last night was a benefaction. His songs and satires were of an upper class, ranging from competent to superlative, and the fleet manner in which they sped along made Mr. Cochran's London revue one of the merriest, of its closet type. Mr. Coward was not, however, so brilliant as a musical comedian. Unendowed with the impish attributes of a clown, his efforts were slightly laborious, and he sang in a weedy voice and danced with small facility. But when he grew dramatic in a tragic number reminiscent...
...content with having written the excellent book, lyrics and music, Noel Coward, the costar, sings, dances and otherwise performs. This is unfortunate. The adage "supreme in one, indifferent in all," very nearly applies. Mr. Coward is a clever satirist and was quite evidently born with a silver tune in his mouth, but he is still caught in The Vortex and overdoes his stuff as a consequence. His frenzied, nail-gnawing and agonized eye-rolling largely detract from the effectiveness of "Dance, Little Lady," while his indifferent voice and dancing similarly blur a number of other scenes...
Nonetheless, This Year of Grace is a buoyant revue: a little long, perhaps, Coward a little too ambitious, but it has assuredly presented two song-hits of the immediate future, a dozen superb drolleries, and the unforgettable Lillie...
...father was not a coward and I believe him always to have put ideals above expediency...