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'Pale, shaky and cannot stand noise': WWI records reveal why playwright Noel Coward was discharged from service

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Playwright Noel Coward once said he could take 'any amount of criticism as long as it is unqualified praise,' but he no doubt would have welcomed a particular piece of criticism leveled at him during WWI. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

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