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...VORTEX?English wealth and English weaklings caricatured and pitied by and with Noel Coward...
...VORTEX-London society at decadent, amusing, and finally fearfully moving moments. Noel Coward, actor and author...
...VORTEX-Noel Coward, Englishman, giving a startlingly sharp performance in his own play about looser society in London...
Though Mr. Dean's theatrical efforts have been chiefly confined to European production, he has also attained a high standard in the plays put on in this country. "Peter Pan" with Marilyn Miller, last year, and Noel Coward's "The Vortex" are outstanding among his triumphs...
...edging into middle age reluctantly. She has devices to stay beautiful; she has no brains; she has a lover. Her son's fiancee and the lover are attracted honestly; want to marry. The son, a neurotic, effeminate youth, bursts into helpless hysteria. It is this last part that Mr. Coward plays; nervously, overpoweringly. Several other characters are English players from the London company. Particularly is the mother's part effective as played by Lillian Braithwaite. And, lest this superlative and swift synopsis should suggest tragedy, be it said that The Vortex is a comedy, one of the sharpest, funniest comedies...