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Summary: Coward's short stories
Review: Some brilliant work here. The collection includes the title story, but my favourites include "Me and the Girls" - about a male rep artist recuperating in Switzerland from TB, reviewing his life with the troupe. "Mr and Mrs Edgehill" is also in here - a British couple representing the UK on an otherwise American-occupied island during the war, and their relationship to each other, and to the crown. "Penny Dreadful" - a smalltime writer's life story.

Noel Coward mentioned that the stories were among his hardest to write. They repay brilliantly. The man (as we all know) was simply a genius.

Incidentally, the BBC turned the top six into a series. I've also seen a longer version of "Mr and Mrs Bridges" - for some reason given an unhappy ending. Catch them if you can.

Rating:
Summary: Coward's short stories
Review: Some brilliant work here. The collection includes the title story, but my favourites include "Me and the Girls" - about a male rep artist recuperating in Switzerland from TB, reviewing his life with the troupe. "Mr and Mrs Bridges" is also in here - a British couple representing the UK on an otherwise American-occupied island during the war, and their relationship to each other, and to the crown. "Penny Dreadful" - a smalltime writer's life story.

Noel Coward mentioned that the stories were among his hardest to write. They repay brilliantly. The man (as we all know) was simply a genius.

Incidentally, the BBC turned the top six into a series. I've also seen a longer version of "Mr and Mrs Bridges" - for some reason given an unhappy ending. Catch them if you can.