On the 4th October, Coward’s first full-length play ‘The Rap Trap’ received a rare performance at the Guildhall Art Gallery…

Celebrate National Poetry Day with Coward’s most enduring poem, performed by Sir Derek Jacobi

Who cancelled the original production of Present Laughter and why? Where did Coward disappear to during rehearsals? And what inspired the play’s title? To find out, read on…

Two examples of an iconic part of Coward’s style and the stories they contain…

GUEST POST: Alyssa Sharp (FSU Student, International Affairs, ’22) on the links between Coward’s writing and British identity.

GUEST POST: Callista Payne (FSU student, History and Theatre, ’23) on the work of Coward’s favourite designers.

GUEST POST: Rheanne Walton (FSU Student, Theatre, ’23) on Coward and the Bright Young Things.

GUEST POST: Rose Collis explores the life of novelist, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, sculptor, painter, broadcaster, lecturer and pioneering feminist, Clemence Dane

After seeing Fallen Angels in Aldeburgh, Robert Hazle explores the controversial original production and its brush with censorship.

Guest Post: Sean Mayes and Sarah K. Whitfield

Blithe Spirit now and in the next 80 years…

A look at 8 memorable interpretations of Madame Arcati over the last 80 years.

Robert Hazle celebrates Coward’s most popular character and looks at the medium behind the myth…

Find out about some of many productions and adaptations of Blithe Spirit over the last 80 years.

A Look back at the original production of Blithe Spirit to celebrate 80 years since it arrived in the West End.

Mozart and Coward: two of the most iconic names in Music and Theatre, but what’s the connection between them? Answer: both their legendary careers can be traced back to the same road, Ebury Street, London. The Coward Archive’s Robert Hazle looks at how they came to be there and what impact it had on their lives.

Saturday 20th February saw the Noël Coward Archive, the Noël Coward Foundation and the Guildhall Art Gallery collaborate in the first education event connected with the Noël Coward: Art & Style Exhibition.

Last year, the Noël Coward Archive was contacted by one of Coward’s godsons, Christopher Lister, son of Bert Lister (renowned dresser, valet, chauffeur and sometime stage manager to Noël Coward) who died 25 years ago this winter.

We recently received from Jim Johnston in Florida two sets of band parts for arrangements of Coward’s music: Pacific 1860 Selection arranged by George L. Zalva and Cavalcade Selection arranged by Guy Jones.

Welcome to the Noël Coward Archive Blog, where we’ll be sharing stories from our archives and events