It fell to Noël Hume's books, lectures, and television presentations to help bring it to the forefront of his profession, where it stands today ," the University of Virginia Press said in its fall 2010 catalogue, which features his autobiography newest book, A Passion for the Past: The Odyssey of a Transatlantic Archaeologist.

Carmel Schrire, Rutgers University, author of Digging through Darkness: Chronicles of an Archaeologist, said of Noël Hume's book: " Noël Hume is a household name.

In his book The Philosophy of Horror ( 1990 ), Noël Carroll discusses King's work as an exemplar of modern horror fiction.

In her book Noël Coward ( 1987 ), Frances Gray says that Brief Encounter is, after the major comedies, the one work of Coward's that almost everybody knows and has probably seen ; it has featured frequently on television and its viewing figures are invariably high.

His first work as a director was in collaboration with Noël Coward on In Which We Serve ( 1942 ), and he later adapted several of Coward's plays into successful films.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier wrote a few instrumental versions of noels, plus one major choral work " Messe de minuit pour Noël ".

After a handful of film roles, most notably as John Barrymore's old flame in Reunion in Vienna, she returned to Britain, but concentrated on theatre work, including roles as Charlotte Brontë in Clemence Dane's Wild Decembers, in Sweet Aloes, and as Gilda in the British premiere of Noël Coward's Design for Living.

A faulty edition of the Histoire critique had previously been published at Amsterdam by Daniel Elzevir, based on a manuscript transcription of one of the copies of the original work had been sent to England ; and from which a Latin translation ( Historia critica Veteris Testamenti, 1681, by Noël Aubert de Versé ) and an English translation ( Critical History of the Old Testament, London, 1682 ) were made.

Powell's work on this film was influenced by Noël Coward's film In Which We Serve ( 1942 ).

His work in the theatre included Noël Coward's Present Laughter ( 1943 ) which starred Coward himself, and The Eagle with Two Heads ( 1947 ), You Never Can Tell ( 1948 ), and The Heiress ( 1949 ) with Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and Donald Sinden.

Admirers of her work included her close friend G. B. Stern ( with whom she collaborated on two books about Jane Austen ), Thomas Hardy, and Noël Coward.

Hayward's work in live theatre included Noël Coward's " Conversation Piece ," and later, in the early 1960s, the national tour of Camelot, in which he appeared as King Arthur.

As the 1960s dawned he made a strong return to the theatre, occupying the dual role of actor / director in numerous West End productions including a revival of the Noël Coward work Present Laughter at the Queen's Theatre ( 1965 ) and Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking ( 1967 ) at the Duke of York's Theatre.

Two nights after it opened, I ran into Noël Coward in a restaurant, and he walked over and he said, " Dear boy, it is hanged, not hung.

Examples from English are the diaeresis in naïve and Noël, which show that the vowel with the diaeresis mark is pronounced separately from the preceding vowel ; the acute and grave accents, which can indicate that a final vowel is to be pronounced, as in saké and poetic breathèd, and the cedilla under the " c " in the borrowed French word façade, which shows it is pronounced rather than.

* In the 1941 Noël Coward play Blithe Spirit poltergeist activity is due to the ghost of the central character's first wife — and later to the ghosts of both wives.

Sociologists Noël A. Cazenave and Darlene Alvarez Maddern define racism as “... a highly organized system of ' race '- based group privilege that operates at every level of society and is held together by a sophisticated ideology of color /' race ' supremacy.

In 1959, she achieved a success with the Noël Coward comedy Look After Lulu, with The Times critic describing her as " beautiful, delectably cool and matter of fact, she is mistress of every situation.

In France and Wallonia, and thence also in Quebec and in Lebanon, the Bûche de Noël (" christmas log ") is a traditional dessert, in origin a facsimile of the actual Yule log.

Cavalcade is a play by Noël Coward.

The supposed flatness of the Norfolk landscape is noted in Noël Coward's Private Lives — " Very flat, Norfolk " — and the history of its waterways and drainage forms the backdrop to Graham Swift's novel Waterland.

Rider is described in the book as having buttocks like a boy, which brought a response from Fleming's friend Noël Coward that " I was also slightly shocked by the lascivious announcement that Honeychile's bottom was like a boy's.

Much less well-known is the musical " mimodrama " of Vittorio Monti, Noël de Pierrot a. k. a. A Clown's Christmas ( 1900 ), its score set to a pantomime by Fernand Beissier, one of the founders of the Cercle Funambulesque.

Burgh Island is closely linked to Agatha Christie, as it served as the inspirational setting for both And Then There Were None as well as the Hercule Poirot mystery Evil Under the Sun. The hotel and its eloquent Art Deco styling was also a bolt hole in the 1930s for the likes of London's rich and famous, including Noël Coward.

The screenplay is by Noël Coward, and is based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life.

The film is based on Noël Coward's one-act play Still Life ( 1936 ), one of ten short plays in the cycle Tonight at 8: 30, designed for Gertrude Lawrence and Coward himself to be performed in various combinations as triple bills.

In Which We Serve is a 1942 British patriotic war film directed by Noël Coward.

* 1975 Fort Terrett Ranch is purchased by the Texas oil industrrialist Bill Noël and used in part for the growing of pecans.

Sidcup is mentioned in two famous plays and their film adaptations, Noël Coward's Relative Values and Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, and it was the location of the 2004 Dasani scandal.

Christmas is generally celebrated in France on Christmas Eve by a traditional meal ( typical dishes include oysters, boudin blanc and the bûche de Noël ), by opening presents and by attending the midnight mass ( even among Catholics who do not attend church at other times of the year ).

* The manic playwright Roland Maule, in the play Present Laughter by Noël Coward, is from Uckfield.

Noël Coward once drily observed how extraordinarily potent cheap music is.

The 19th century " Cantique de Noël " ( also known as " Minuit, chrétiens ", adapted as " O Holy Night in English ) is another classic.

Though it mostly treats homosexuality in a non-sensationalised manner, there is one rather catty aspect to the film — Price's character ( a prominent gay theater star ) would have been fairly easy for contemporary audiences to identify with Noël Coward.

According to Warren Motte, noted members of the college have included Noël Arnaud ( Regent of General ' Pataphysics and Clinic of Rhetoriconosis, as well as Major Confirmant of the Order of the Grand Gidouille ), Luc Étienne also known as Luc Etienne Périn ( Regent ), Latis ( Private General Secretary to the Baron Vice-Curator ), François Le Lionnais ( Regent ), Jean Lescure ( Regent of Anabathmology ), and Raymond Queneau ( Transcendent Satrap ).

On stage, he was noted for performances by Shakespeare ( such as Much Ado About Nothing, Henry IV, Part 1, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Tempest ) and Noël Coward ( notably a highly successful revival of A Song At Twilight co-starring his sister Vanessa Redgrave and his second wife, Kika Markham ).

He has also written music for school bands, as well as a number of folk musicians, most notably Joan Baez ( for whom he also orchestrated and arranged three albums during the mid-1960s, Noël, Joan, and Baptism ).

She had a taste for ska music and her records included artists such as the yodeller Montana Slim, Tony Hancock, The Goons and Noël Coward.

Deciding to experiment after having exhausted the folksinger-with-guitar format, Baez turned to Peter Schickele, a classical music composer, who provided classical orchestration for her next three albums: Noël ( 1966 ), Joan ( 1967 ) and Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time ( 1968 ).

He was cast as ' Albert Fosdike ' in Noël Coward's 1942 film In Which We Serve but turned up late for his first day of shooting.

Other famous works presented at the Savoy included the première of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit ( 1941, which ran 1, 997 consecutive performances, setting a new record for non-musical theatre runs ), Robert Morley in The Man Who Came to Dinner, and several comedies by William Douglas-Home starring, among others, Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, and John Mills.

Noël Burch attests that the film " takes mass culture seriously, as a site of both fascination and struggle " and utilizes melodrama as " an excellent vehicle for social criticism.

premiered in the West End at the New Theatre ( now the Noël Coward Theatre ) on June 30, 1960 and ran for 2, 618 performances.

He and Charlie were seen at a New York party by Elsa Maxwell for Noël Coward, who recommended them for an engagement at the famous Rainbow Room.

On Christmas Eve in Southern Louisiana, bonfires are built along the Mississippi River levees to light the way for Papa Noël as he moves along the river in his pirogue ( Cajun canoe ) pulled by eight alligators.

In the theatrical world he was known for his appearances in the plays of Noël Coward, notably Blithe Spirit, as well as career on Broadway in a number of very successful musical revues.

* Pastorale de Noël pour for soloists, chorus and orchestra

Richardson's film appearances include Things to Come ( 1936 ), The Citadel ( 1938 ), The Fallen Idol ( 1948 ), The Heiress ( 1949 ; his first nomination for an Academy Award ), Richard III ( 1955 ; playing Buckingham to Olivier's Richard ), Our Man in Havana ( 1959 ; with Alec Guinness and Noël Coward ), Doctor Zhivago ( 1965 ), and Oh!

In a posthumous tribute written for the French film magazine Positif, critic Noël Herpe referred to Pialat's style as a " a naturalism that was born of formalism.

He is also known for his role in the 1968 American film Star !, as Noël Coward, for which he won a Golden Globe Award.

He would later play Noël Coward in the 1968 Julie Andrews vehicle, Star !, a performance for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received his sole Academy Award nomination.

She soon became celebrated for her skill as an actress in high comedy, excelling in witty roles written for her by Noël Coward, S. N.