Coward Plays: 6

Philip Hoare, in his biography of Coward described Semi-Monde as his "e;most daring play to date. In a chic Parisian hotel, a series of sexualpairings take place through rendezvous, arguments, infidelities andreconciliations: sexual deviance is undisguised...set in the bisexual1920s, the play could easily be populated by characters of Coward'ssociety"e;. Point Valaine is "e;thedrama of a lurid episode of lust in the semi-tropics.. unmistakably thework of a master of the stage"e; (New York Times); South Sea Bubble whichconcerns "e;the Governor's lady in the Isle of Samolo who plays withnative fire, nearly gets her wings singed, bashes her native admirerwith a bottle and at one of those Coward next-morning-at breakfastscenes slips her way out of the scrape with feline grace."e; (ManchesterGuardian) whilst Nude With Violin is a witty comedy about art fraud.