Coward, Noel

Noel Coward Composer, lyricist, playwright, actor, and singer Noel Pierce Coward, Teddington, England, December 16, 1899; Port Maria, Jamaica, March 26, 1973. A well-known, witty British lyricist, Coward produced songs that have been cabaret favorites, although most were not originally charting hits. Coward’s father was a piano salesman, and Coward began playing piano by ear as a young child. He also appeared in a London Christmas pantomime in his early teens. He wrote his first song at age…