| Philip Hoare, in his biography of Coward described Semi-Monde as his",most daring play to date. In a chic Parisian hotel, a series of sexualpairings take place through rendezvous, arguments, infidelities andreconciliations: sexual deviance is undisguised...set in the bisexual1920s, the play could easily be populated by characters of Coward'ssociety",. Point Valaine is",thedrama of a lurid episode of lust in the semi-tropics.. unmistakably thework of a master of the stage", (New York Times), South Sea Bubble whichconcerns",the Governor's lady in the Isle of Samolo who plays withnative fire, nearly gets her wings singed, bashes her native admirerwith a bottle and at one of those Coward next-morning-at breakfastscenes slips her way out of the scrape with feline grace.", (ManchesterGuardian) whilst Nude With Violin is a witty comedy about art fraud. |
