"I don’t know what it is, but I’ve got it!"
‘It’ was ”star quality”, and the person that had ‘it’ was Noel Coward!
On the surface, Coward appeared to be just a camp man swanning about in a dressing gown, dropping acerbic one liners like cigarette ash from a long cigarette holder. But Noel Coward was one of the most versatile cultural figures of the 20th century and his career is the history of 20th century British theatre.
As Lord Mountbatten put it, there may be greater painters, greater comedians, greater novelists, only “the Master” had combined fourteen talents rolled into one.
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THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Mr Simon Whitehouse
Simon is a (recovering) actor, lecturer, presenter, Alexander Technique and voice teacher and award winning London Blue Badge guide.
He has worked as a guide lecturer in house at Shakespeare’s Globe, the Royal Opera House, the BBC and the National Gallery guiding both public and private tours. He is on the faculty of Ithaca College and also lectures for the Blue Badge Guide training course on the performing arts and English literature.
Simon’s specialisms and passions are theatre, literature, fashion and art history but whatever the subject, Simon will weave a wonderful story from it.
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