Audiobooks Narrated by Chukwudi Iwuji

Noël Coward on (and in) Theatre

"Noël Coward on theatre was as dazzling and entertaining as his masterful plays and lyrics. Here his ideas and opinions on the subject are brilliantly brought together in an extraordinary collection of commentary, lyrics, essays, and asides on everything having to do with the theatre and Coward's dazzling life in it. The book Noël Coward wanted, promised, threatened to write-and never did.   Including essays, interviews, diary entries, verse, his views on his fellow playwrights: 'My Colleague Will,' Shaw, Wilde, Chekhov, Barrie, Maugham, Eliot, Osborne, Albee, Beckett, Miller, Williams, Rattigan, Pinter, and Shaffer.   Coward on the critics-many of whom irritated him over the years but came to admire him: James Agate, Alexander Woollcott, Graham Greene, Kenneth Tynan among them.   And on the plays he wrote, among them: The Vortex; Hay Fever; Private Lives; Design For Living; Blithe Spirit. Here is the Master on the producers who crossed his path: André Charlot, C. B. Cochran, Binkie Beaumont. And the actors in the Coward galaxy: John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Gertrude Lawrence, the Lunts, etc. . . .   His views on the art of acting: auditions, rehearsals, learning the lines, clarity of delivery, timing, control, range, stage fright, fans, theater audiences, revivals, comedy, 'the Method,' plays with a 'message,' taste, construction, 'Star Quality,' etc. . . .   And last, but Noël Coward least, his experience in, and thoughts on: revue, cabaret, television, and musical theater, Bitter Sweet, Conversation Piece, Pacific 1860, After the Ball, Ace of Clubs, Sail Away, The Girl Who Came to Supper, Words and Music, This Year of Grace, London Calling! . . . and much more.   Ingeniously, deftly compiled, edited, and annotated by Barry Day, Coward authority and editor of The Noёl Coward Reader and The Letters of Noёl Coward. Cover photograph: © 2021 The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery, NYC"

Noël Coward (Author), Barry Day, Chukwudi Iwuji (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Siempre Contestaré Tus Cartas: Cómo Una Carta Cambió Dos Vidas

"La historia verídica de una niña norteamericana de 12 años y un niño de Zimbabwe, a los que una carta les cambió sus vidas para siempre. Comenzó como una tarea escolar. Todos en la clase de Caitlin escribieron a un estudiante desconocido en algún lugar lejano. Martín tuvo suerte de recibir una carta del proyecto de un amigo por correspondencia. Llegaron sólo 10 cartas y había 50 niños en la clase. Pero él era el estudiante más avanzado del grupo, de modo que se le entregó la primera carta. Esta carta fue el comienzo de una correspondencia que se extendió a lo largo de 6 años y cambió sus vidas. En esta acaparante memoria doble, Caitlin y Martín cuentan cómo se convirtieron en mejores amigos - y en mejores personas - gracias a sus intercambios epistolares a gran distancia. Es un relato inspirador que ofrece una visión más allá de la vida propia hacia la maravilla que es el mundo y el lugar que cada persona ocupa en él."

Caitlin Alifirenka, Martin Ganda (Author), Chukwudi Iwuji, Emily Bauer (Narrator)

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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

"The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten letters, and fifty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one. That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives. In this compelling dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends -- and better people -- through their long-distance exchange. Their story will inspire you to look beyond your own life and wonder about the world at large and your place in it."

Caitlin Alifirenka, Martin Ganda (Author), Chukwudi Iwuji, Emily Bauer (Narrator)

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