_Coward Plays: 9_ offers up a fascinating selection of Noël Coward's lesser-known works. _Salute to the Brave/Time Remembered _(1940) follows Leila Heseldyne after she has fled to America, leaving a war-torn Britain and her husband behind; _Long Island Sound_(1947) sees a writer coerced into a riotous flock of high flying society people with turbulent results; and _Volcano _(1957) depicts a volcanic eruption as it punctuates the dubious conduct of six individuals on a fictional South Sea island. This volume also includes _Design for Rehearsing _(1933) was Coward's private satire on the way he , Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne worked on _Design for Living_. A_ge Cannot Wither _(1967), Coward's last and unfinished play completes the collection as it portrays the boozy reunion of three women in their sixties, who meet without fail every year to reminisce. Together, these works offer a new and intriguing insight into Coward the playwright and his oeuvre that extends well beyond his most well-known works such as _Private Lives_, _Blithe Spirit_ and _Hay Fever_. The volume is introduced by Coward expert and scholar Barry Day.