The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts by Noël Coward
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"The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts" by Noël Coward is a play written in 1924. Set in post-World War I British high society, it explores the sexual vanity of an aging socialite and her complicated relationship with her adult son. The play depicts drug abuse and includes what critics view as coded references to homosexuality, then illegal in Britain. Its scandalous content made it Coward's first major commercial success, though it
barely survived official censorship before its November 1924 premiere in London. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Coward, Noël, 1899-1973 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts |
| Original Publication | United States: Harper & Brothers,1924. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vortex |
| Credits | Tim Lindell, hekula03 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Subject | Mothers and sons -- Drama |
| Subject | England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama |
| Subject | Drug addicts -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 67988 |
| Release Date | May 4, 2022 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 529 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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