Which English playwright (d. 1973) wrote The Rat Trap, Sirocco, The Better Half etc?
The Rat Trap The Rat Trap The Rat Trap (1918) is a four-act drama by Noël Coward, his 'first really serious attempt at psychological conflict', written when he was only 18. In his 1937 memoirs, "Present Indicative", he admits that as 'a whole it was immature, but it was much steadier than anything I had done hitherto...when I had finished it, I felt, for the first time with genuine conviction, that I could really write plays.' It was first performed on 18 October 1926, for 12 performances at the Everyman Theatre, Hampstead, in London, presented by George Carr (who also directed), Raymond Massey
The Rat Trap (who also played a supporting role), and Allan Wade. The production starred Robert Harris as Keld (an aspiring young playwright) and Joyce Kennedy as Sheila (a novelist, Keld's fiancée in Act I, his wife in the three subsequent acts). Strong support was given by Adrienne Allen as Ruby (an ambitious musical comedy actress), Mary Robson as Olive (Sheila's flatmate) and Clare Greet as Burrage (the laconic cook-housekeeper). Coward later wrote: 'My first serious play, "The Rat Trap", was produced at the Everyman Theatre while I was on the "Olympic" bound for New York, and so I never saw it...in spite