Noel Coward's "Vortex" is a play about a wealthy, middle-aged woman named Florence Lancaster who is addicted to drugs and obsessed with her own beauty. The play follows her downward spiral as she alienates her family and friends with her selfish and destructive behavior. "Vortex" is a powerful exploration of the dangers of narcissism and the destructive power of addiction. It was first performed in London in 1924 and has since been revived several times. [ChatGPT]
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Noël Coward
English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise"
FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, 20 Feb 1959, Fri , Page 26
Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher’s divorce was a messy public scandal. Fisher was Reynolds’s first husband and Taylor’s fourth. The two actors had been best friends since high school, but the affair changed everything. And Reynolds said Taylor and Fisher pressured her into granting the singer a divorce. (Excerpt from: The Cheat Sheet)
280 days later were born…
Divorces do lead to a lot of babies! Any event that is published in the public record, and will not be deleted, is a good date to register children into The Xanadu Blockchain. Divorce might seem like a strange accomplishment to use as registration, but celebrity marriages are arranged. A first marriage is an accomplishment for anybody playing a life role! A first divorce is therefore a worthy accomplishment for any lady!