{"product_id":"9781408177372","title":"Coward Plays: 7: Quadrille; 'Peace in Our Time'; Tonight at 8.30 (iii)","description":"The Seventh volume in the Coward Collection. On \u003ci\u003eQuadrille\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Miss Fontanne plays the madcap Marchioness with the\u003cbr\u003ecrackle and sheen of a five-pound note. Her eyes mock marvelously, her\u003cbr\u003evoice cuts like a knife into a wedding cake, and the scene in Act\u003cbr\u003eThree, on the eve of her elopement with Mr. Lung, is as delicious as\u003cbr\u003ecrushed ice.\" \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e, 1952.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The idea of \u003ci\u003ePeace in Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e\",\u003cbr\u003eCoward wrote \"was conceived in Paris shortly after the Liberation. . .\u003cbr\u003eI began to suspect that the physical effect of four years intermittent\u003cbr\u003ebombing is far less damaging to the intrinsic character of a nation\u003cbr\u003ethan the spiritual effect of four years enemy occupation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003evolume also contains four pieces from the \u003ci\u003eTonight at 8.30\u003c\/i\u003e sequence: \u003ci\u003eWe\u003cbr\u003eWere Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e \"provides a marvelously compact illustration of the way\u003cbr\u003ethe English public school spirit prevails even in moments of strenuous\u003cbr\u003epassion.\" \"\u003ci\u003eShadow Play\u003c\/i\u003e is a musical fantasy. . . which gave Gertie and\u003cbr\u003eme a chance to sing as romantically as we could, dance in the moonlight\u003cbr\u003eand, we hoped, convince the audience that we were very fascinating\u003cbr\u003eindeed\"; and \"\u003ci\u003eFamily Album\u003c\/i\u003e - a sly satire on Victorian hypocrisy,\u003cbr\u003eadorned with an unobtrusive but agreeable musical score. It was\u003cbr\u003estylised both in its decor and its performance, was a joy to play and\u003cbr\u003eprovided the whole talented company with good parts.\" \u003ci\u003eStar Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cbr\u003eclosely based on Coward's experiences trying to co-ordinate his Actors'\u003cbr\u003eOrphanage charity committee, is published here for the first time.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140800200944,"sku":"9781408177372","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408177372_p0.jpg?v=1763719816","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408177372","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}