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Type The Vortex

Name: The Vortex
Author: Noël Coward

by Noël Coward — type this classic chapter by chapter to build real WPM.

Drama

When Nicky arrives back from Paris to his London family home with new fiancée Bunty in tow, relations with his friends, family, and particularly his mother Florence seem as good as they ever were. Cracks, however, soon start appearing: Nicky has a new drug habit (and there are other hinted-at transgressions); Bunty is uncomfortable in her new role with Nicky’s friends and family; and the façade Florence is vainly putting...

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CHAPTERS

Dedication

To G. Calthrop with a good deal of gratitude...

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Dramatis Personae

Preston Helen Saville Pauncefort Quentin Clara Hibbert Florence Lancaster Tom Veryan Nicky Lancaster David Lancaster Bunty Mainwaring Bruce Fairlight...

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Act 1

The scene is the drawing-room of Mrs. Lancaster’s flat in London. The colors and decoration are on the verge of being original. The furniture is simple but distinctly expensive. Persons shown are Hele...

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Act 2

The scene is the hall of Mrs. Lancaster’s house, about forty miles from London. When the curtain rises it is just after dinner on the Sunday of the weekend party⁠—the gramophone is going and there is ...

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Act 3

The scene is Florence’s bedroom the same night. About two hours have elapsed. When the curtain rises Florence is lying face downwards on the bed; she is dressed in a very beautiful but slightly exotic...

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