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Also Known As Sir Noël Peirce Coward
Born December 16, 1899 • Teddington • England
Died March 26, 1973 (aged 73) • Jamaica
Notable Works “Blithe Spirit” • “Cavalcade” • “Design for Living” • “Hay Fever” • “In Which We Serve” • “Present Laughter” • “Private Lives” • “The Vortex” • “Tonight at Eight-thirty”

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