“So if I could employ
A little magic that will finally destroy
This dream that pains me and enchains me
But I can't because I'm mad…
I'm mad about the boy”

— Noel Coward

Mad About the Boy (1932)

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English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer 1899–1973

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