For over 50 years Noel Coward was the British theatre's most renowned dramatist, director and star, and one of the most colourful characters ever to stride across it's stage. His popularity continues with the frequent and long-running production of his plays. These diaries chronicle the last 30 years of his life, from his wartime concert tours, through his private depression in the 1950s, to his triumphant re-emergence in the 1960s and knighthood in 1970. With a glittering cast of characters, from the worlds of theatre, royalty, politics and high society the diaries sparkle with Noel Coward's zest and versatility.