Which English playwright wrote the 1925 play ‘Fallen Angels’?
Fallen Angels (play) Fallen Angels (play) Fallen Angels is a comedy by the English playwright Noël Coward. It opened at the Globe Theatre, London (now called the Gielgud Theatre) on 21 April 1925 and ran until 29 August. The central theme of two wives admitting to premarital sex and contemplating adultery met hostility from the office of the official theatre censor, the Lord Chamberlain, and the necessary licence was granted only after the personal intervention of the Chamberlain. In 1924 Coward achieved his first hit as a playwright with "The Vortex", and consolidated his success in March 1925 with the revue "On with
Fallen Angels (play) the Dance". His comedy "Fallen Angels" had already attracted the interest of Gladys Cooper, who wanted to produce the piece and co-star with Madge Titheradge, but the contractual commitments of the two actresses precluded it. It was not until the success of "The Vortex" that other managements became eager to stage the playwright's existing works, which, as well as "Fallen Angels", included "Hay Fever" and "Easy Virtue". "Fallen Angels" was taken up by Marie Lohr and her husband Anthony Prinsep, who were jointly in management at the Globe Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue. They intended it as a vehicle for Margaret