Alan Melville

Before the Fringe

Features some of the talent who were in vogue before the new broom of Beyond the Fringe swept through comedy.

Raise Your Glasses

The Vortex

In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the cocktail party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was usually more turned towards the light.