Volcano was written in 1956 when Noël Coward was suffering the dubious status of having become Britain's first celebrity tax exile. The play " unperformed in his lifetime - is the product of his laidback life in Jamaica, and of a period during which he was regarded as a crumbling colonial relic outmoded by a post-war Labour government and the rowdy commotions of the Angry Young Men back home.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:22AM on May 29, 2012