The Noel Coward Trilogy: Sail Away... starring Elaine Stritch

[@terryhammond1253]

I saw Sail Away on Broadway when I was 14!

[@PiccDan]

Fantastic, thanks! Coward's diaries hilarious; Stritch anecdote even better.

[@nataliya2641]

Thank you, dear friend. Hello from Moscow.

[@OldieMusicMan]

I would all but kill for the rest of the dress rehearsal footage.

[@monkeySkeptic]

Just learned about this show last night. Noël Coward and Elain Strich! How had I missed it?

[@johnboy32064]

Awesome upload!!

[@seethevolcane-qj8ys]

NY critic John Simon wrote of Sail Away: "Elaine Stritch plays the male lead." (Ouch !)

[@rudolfix7772]

does anyone know where this clip is from?

[@victorsilvester78]

Hilarious

[@tetrabiblos]

Shocking? Can't think what you mean. You must surely mean 'wonderful'. Or perhaps you haven't read them.

[@vino140]

The show flopped in NYC and in London -- to be accurate.

[@warrengwonka2479]

Vino I was a student and loved it in London. I still have the record.

[@glennfromthebronx]

mixed reviews in NY. unsure of the London critics.

[@RandomHud]

Catty

[@keikekaze]

The show ran five months in New York and eight in London, so it wasn't a disaster--but, no, it didn't make money.

[@seethevolcane-qj8ys]

@@keikekaze 4 months (to be accurate) is a resounding flop. Compared to the 2-4- yr runs of hit shows. Noel thot everything he wrote would be huge smash. He was such a nervous fop. (But talented !!)