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Noel: 11: The Cabaret Years

on BBC Radio 2

The Life and Times of Sir Noel Coward
A series in 13 parts

"Let's hope we have no worse to plague us than two shows a night at Las Vegas."
In this eleventh programme, Sir Noel's career as an actor, playwright, composer and director is traced through the 1950s - the years in which he took on an entirely new career as a cabaret entertainer. It also includes vocal and musical recollections of "After the Ball", his ballet "London Morning", and such films as "Our Man in Havana".

Including Cole Lesley, Graham Payn, Sir Cecil Beaton, Robin Richmond,
Norman Hackforth, Dame Gladys Cooper, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Pat Kirkwood,
Vanessa Lee, Peter Graves and Anton Dolin

Contributors

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Lesley Graham
Contributor:
Sir Cecil Beaton
Unknown:
Robin Richmond
Contributor:
Norman Hackforth
Contributor:
Dame Gladys Cooper
Contributor:
Dame Sybil Thorndike
Contributor:
Pat Kirkwood
Contributor:
Vanessa Lee
Contributor:
Peter Graves
Contributor:
Anton Dolin
Written and narrated by:
Sheridan Morley
Programme Associate:
Charles Castle
Series consultant :
Frank Salter
Producer:
Barry Knight

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