Noel Coward (centre with two of the castle of his new play WAITING IN THE WINGS presented in Dublin. (Left) Graham Payn, and (right) William Hutt - 8th August 1960. Sir No螔 Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 - 26 March 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music, who received an Academy certificate of merit at the 1943 Academy Awards for "outstanding production achievement in 'In Which We Serve. 固opFoto