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Noel, Tallulah, Cole, and Me - A Memoir of Broadway's Golden Age (Hardcover)
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Noel, Tallulah, Cole, and Me - A Memoir of Broadway's Golden Age (Hardcover)
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An important figure during the golden age of Broadway, John C.
Wilson staged such famous productions as Kiss Me, Kate and
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. He also worked with many of the greatest
actors, playwrights, producers, and other artists from the 1920s
through the 1950s, including Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Laurence
Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Carol Channing, and Tennessee Williams. In
his twenties, Wilson met Noel Coward and became both his lover and
manager. Following Wilson's marriage to Russian princess Natalie
Paley in 1937, he remained close friends with Coward until John's
death in 1961. In Noel, Tallulah, Cole, and Me: A Memoir of
Broadway's Golden Age, producer-director Wilson provides an eye
witness account of a never-to-be-seen-again period in American
theatre and culture. The narrative covers Wilson's youth, his
education at Yale, his experience working in silent films, and
details of his professional and personal relationship with Coward.
Wilson also recounts his theatrical career on Broadway and in
London, his marriage to Paley, and life within international high
society. The people Wilson befriended-Tallulah Bankhead, Cecil
Beaton, Claudette Colbert, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers, among
others-are described with affection, candor, and colorful panache.
Wilson also shares behind-the-scenes stories about such landmark
theatre productions as Private Lives, Blithe Spirit, Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes, and Kiss Me, Kate. Completed in 1958, just three
years before his death, Wilson's autobiography sat idle for
decades. Wilson's great nephew Jack Macauley and theatre historian
Thomas Hischak have edited the original manuscript and added
commentary to help guide the reader through the myriad names and
productions that are mentioned. From his long-term relationship
with Coward to his enduring marriage to Paley, Wilson's life was as
charmed as it was celebrated. Featuring nearly forty photos, Noel,
Tallulah, Cole, and Me is an engaging account of one of the most
important periods in Broadway's history, as well as a fascinating
look into the lives of the glamorous men and women of the era.
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