 Coward returned to the theatre with "Tonight at 8.30" a series of ten plays, in 1936 and "Quadrille" in 1952.On 16 December 1969, the long association with Coward was celebrated with a midnight matinee in honour of his 70th birthday, and the foyer bar was renamed the "Noel Coward Bar".The Phoenix has had a number of successful plays including Norman Ginsbury's "Viceroy Sarah" in 1935, and John Gielgud's "Love for Love" during the Second World War.