Beyond the silk pyjamas: the style of Noël Coward
A new exhibition is devoted to the visual flair of a debonair playwright whose tastes are almost impossible to define Noël Coward was the epitome of style. Fittingly that is the subject of a major exhibition opening at London's Guildhall Art Gallery, containing costumes, set designs, paintings and production photos. Brad Rosenstein, its curator, says Coward is "especially celebrated for his verbal wit" but that th…