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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Noël Coward's private lives: the photographs that could have landed him in jail by Philip Hoare

A newly discovered album contains intimate, joyful glimpses of the playwright drinking, partying and holidaying with his famous friends and lovers. The result is an astonishing insight into …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PM

Saturday, September 9, 2017

Aspiration, ecstasy, melancholy: 'The Tale' of Torbay by Philip Hoare

Three weekends of performance, sound and vision on the English RivieraA dark star explodes. I cannot remember the future. A figure appears on the beach. We're always reaching out. It's alway…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:48AM

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Kenneth Halliwell: lover, killer… artist? by Philip Hoare

He has always been known as playwright Joe Orton's lover – and killer. But, beyond his celebrated library book jokes, is it time we started taking Kenneth Halliwell seriously as an artist?…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PM

Monday, September 30, 2013

Kenneth Halliwell: lover, killer… artist? by Philip Hoare

He has always been known as playwright Joe Orton's lover – and killer. But, beyond his celebrated library book jokes, is it time we started taking Kenneth Halliwell seriously as an artist?…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:05AM

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Volcano: Noël Coward's Undiscovered Play by Philip Hoare

Volcano was written in 1956 when Noël Coward was suffering the dubious status of having become Britain’s first celebrity tax exile.  The play – unperformed in his lifetime - is the…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:22AM

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