Noël Coward described his 1939 romp Present Laughter as "a series of semiautobiographical pyrotechnics" " merely "semi," presumably, because the main character, Garry Essendine, though like Coward an internationally famous star of light comedy, is heterosexual. Not surprisingly, then, the play is a takedown of specifically heterosexual hypocrisy, and more ... More »
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:00PM on April 5, 2017