Noël Coward wanted to be a spy, but Churchill said he should stick to theatre. So his contribution to the war effort was to stage a 'light comedy about death' as London was bombedNoël Coward had a rather trying war. In fact, he had two rather trying wars. In 1918 he was drafted into the Labour Corps, but managed to bribe a sergeant into giving him access to an officer who " Coward suggests an element …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PM on February 21, 2014