{"product_id":"coward-plays-volume-four","title":"Coward Plays: Volume Four","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume Four of Noël Coward's plays contains a selection of Coward's plays from the thirties and forties which includes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlithe Spirit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a comedy that centres around the spirit medium Madame Arcati. The play that mocks sudden death was produced at precisely the moment when bombs were bringing it to Britain \"I shall ever be grateful, for the almost psychic gift that enabled me to write \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlithe Spirit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in five days during one of the darkest years of the war.\" The play was for years the longest-running comedy in the history of British theatre. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePresent\u003cbr\u003eLaughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows the life of Garry Essendine, a world-weary, middle-aged projection of the dilettante, debonair persona - self-obsessed and dressing-gowned who struts through the play like aneducated peacock. It is a comedy about the 'theatricals' that Noël best knew and loved, and was originally a star vehicle for himself. It is the closest to an autobiographical play that Coward ever wrote.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Theatre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55536692232568,"sku":"9780413461209","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/9562\/5032\/files\/9780413461209.jpg?v=1776849883","url":"https:\/\/shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/products\/coward-plays-volume-four","provider":"National Theatre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}