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‘Even the youngest of us will know, in 50 years’ time, what we mean by “a very Noël Coward sort of person”,’ wrote Kenneth Tynan.

But what is a Noël Coward sort of person? I’d say it’s someone with an effortless sense of style, a shrewd understanding of life’s absurdity and a rank refusal to take themselves (or anyone else) too seriously.

These admirable attributes are encapsulated in Coward’s finest play, , and

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