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Sir Noel Peirce Coward -LRB- 16 December 189926 March 1973 -RRB- was an English playwright , composer , director , actor and singer , known for his wit , flamboyance , and what Time magazine called `` a sense of personal style , a combination of cheek and chic , pose and poise '' .. Time. Time ( magazine ). Born in Teddington , south-west London , Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child , making his professional stage debut at the age of eleven .. Teddington. Teddington. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set .. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright , publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards .. Many of his works , such as Hay Fever , Private Lives , Design for Living , Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit , have remained in the regular theatre repertoire .. Hay Fever. Hay Fever ( play ). Private Lives. Private Lives. Design for Living. Design for Living. Present Laughter. Present Laughter. Blithe Spirit. Blithe Spirit ( play ). He composed hundreds of songs , in addition to well over a dozen musical theatre works -LRB- including the operetta Bitter Sweet and comic revues -RRB- , screenplays , poetry , several volumes of short stories , the novel Pomp and Circumstance , and a three-volume autobiography .. Bitter Sweet. Bitter Sweet. Coward 's stage and film acting and directing career spanned six decades , during which he starred in many of his own works .. At the outbreak of the Second World War Coward volunteered for war work , running the British propaganda office in Paris .. He also worked with the Secret Service , seeking to use his influence to persuade the American public and government to help Britain .. Coward won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his naval film drama , In Which We Serve , and was knighted in 1969 .. Academy Honorary Award. Academy Honorary Award. In Which We Serve. In Which We Serve. In the 1950s he achieved fresh success as a cabaret performer , performing his own songs , such as `` Mad Dogs and Englishmen '' , `` London Pride '' and `` I Went to a Marvellous Party '' .. Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Mad Dogs and Englishmen ( song ). London Pride. London Pride ( song ). I Went to a Marvellous Party. I Went to a Marvellous Party. His plays and songs achieved new popularity in the 1960s and 1970s , and his work and style continue to influence popular culture .. Coward did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality , but it was discussed candidly after his death by biographers including Graham Payn , his long-time partner , and in Coward 's diaries and letters , published posthumously .. Graham Payn. Graham Payn. The former Albery Theatre -LRB- originally the New Theatre -RRB- in London was renamed the Noel Coward Theatre in his honour in 2006 .. Noel Coward Theatre. Noel Coward Theatre