Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Noel Coward: Big, Gay, Anti-Nazi Spy!!!


Stephen Koch had a great essay in the NY Times Sunday Book Review about the bon vivant actor, performer and playwright and his work doing espionage work during World War II.

“Celebrity was wonderful cover,” Noël Coward said near the end of his life. “My disguise would be my own reputation as a bit of an idiot ... a merry playboy.”


Check it out here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/books/review/Koch-t.html?_r=1&ref=review&oref=slogin

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