'Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Don''t Put your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs Worthington and over 250 more lyrics from Coward''s musical masterpieces. Noel Coward is one of the greatest lyricists of the twentieth century. Songs such as A Room with a View, The Stately Homes of England, Mad Dogs and Englishmen and Mrs Worthington are known, sung and loved the world over. This edition gathers together over 250 of Coward''s lyrics, arranged in chronological order and grouped by show. In addition, these masterpieces of verse are accompanied by an introduction and notes from the Master himself. ''He is simply a phenomenon, and one that is unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history'' Terence Rattigan'