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| The Noel Coward Collection (BBC) | 
 enlarge | Actor: Noel Coward
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
List Price: $79.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 9034
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 7
Running Time: 1183
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 1.2
MPN: WARDE4094D
UPC: 794051409423
EAN: 0794051409423
ASIN: B000QXDEGI
Theatrical Release Date: February 28, 1968
Release Date: September 11, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Sound not up to expectation June 22, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Because of poor sound quality, this Noel Coward set is disappointing, but glad to have it anyway.
 NOEL COWARD CLASSICS. YES, EVEN JOAN COLLINS IS GOOD! March 16, 2008
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Throughout the years, the BBC has broadcast any number of Coward's immensely witty and wise works, and they are here, it what may be called a true embarrassment of riches. They have been cut and re-arranged for television, and some of the casts may leave a bit to be desired, but all in all it's a great collection of stuff by one of the masters of entertainment of the twentieth century.
Margaret Leighton plays the besotted mother in 1969 broadcast of Coward's 1924 smash The Vortex; Alec McCowen plays Elyot in a 1976 Private Lives; the ever lovely Rula Lenska essays Gilda, the female corner of a menage in Design for Living; the magnificent Donald Sinden plays the narcissistic actor in Present Laughter and Geraldine McEwan, Deborah Kerr and Sir Paul Scofield are in Coward's last masterpiece, Suite in Two Keys. And, as someone once said, you ain't heard nothing yet. Coward wrote a number of short stories that were, with greater and lesser success, adapted for television. Since Coward, a master at play construction, chose to write these in prose should tell us something, and some of these programs have a weary sense of tediousness and lack of focus. However, with British stars such as Tom Courtney, Dame Judi Dench, Ian Holm and Susannah York, and each clocking in at less than an hour, they are curiosities worth investigating. The greatest curiosity is the Joan Collins Repertory Company doing eight of the one-act plays from Tonight at Eight-Thirty. The plays, their casts and production values are quite fantastic. Collins rises to the occasion brilliantly, giving a star turn in each---beautiful, warm, touching, hysterically funny and a far cry from the sex-ridden harridan she usually plays on this side of the pond. Added to this intoxicating mix are several radio adaptations of the plays, including Dame Judi in Hay Fever and Stephen Fry in Private Lives, a bizarre but fascinating 1978 variety television show called The Songwriters that features cabaret like performances of Coward's songs, and best of all, a couple of BBC interviews with Coward on acting and writing. This collection is a delight, and proves that Coward had vastly more than merely a talent to amuse.
 A Treat for Noel Coward Fans February 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This 7-disc album is a feast for Noel Coward devotees. You will find in this album his plays, dramatizations of his short stories, music and interviews. No matter that some items are somewhat dated. There are enough delicious treats so that you can choose your favorites among them.
Thank you, BBC!! January 6, 2008
What a great joy! So wonderful have these works on hand. Long live Sir Coward and his marvelous wit and stunning use of language. Any theatregoer will be in theatre heaven if they buy this superior collection.
Exceeds all hopes and expectations December 27, 2007
Absolutely fabulous, to coin a phrase. "Hay Fever" alone makes this set worth the price. Best-buy entertainment of the year.
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