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A three part series examining different aspects of Noel Coward's fascinating life and career. Part 1 charts Coward's early years, when his mother nurtured her son's obvious theatrical talents and he became the toast of South London, eventually finding wider fame when his first play The Vortex was a phenomenal success. But was he pushed too far? By the late 1920's, Coward was in the grip of a nervous breakdown