@article{article_928568, title={LATCHKEYS AND SATELLITES: CONCEPT OF LOYALTY IN NOËL COWARD’S PRESENT LAUGHTER}, journal={Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi}, volume={45}, pages={133–146}, year={2021}, url={https://izlik.org/JA28ND48GH}, author={Ercan, Murat}, keywords={Noël Coward, Loyalty, Present Laughter, Satellites, Latchkey}, abstract={Comedy of manners, as a genre which emerged in the Restoration period, was popular in the twentieth century, too. Although some qualities have changed over time, the main characteristics remained the same. Noël Coward, a twentieth century playwright, has contributed to the genre with his plays that evoke the sense of comedy in the audience. In his Present Laughter, loyalty is an important term which has the power to reunite couples and maintaining businesses. Garry Essendine, who is in the middle of the events, has two circles around him: the inner circle in which the comrades of Garry try to protect and be loyal to him and the outer circle in which the members try to get in to the former one. By defeating threats like two one-night stand guests, the inner circle’s aim is to keep their loyalty for their own benefits such as maintaining the business. Due to restricted studies about the concept of loyalty in the literature, we will focus, in this study, directly on loyalty as a comic element and the loyal comrades of the main character who contribute to the resolution in Present Laughter. Finally, we will show that the term loyalty is used in this play to protect the main character from a threat which comes from the outside of the orbit in which the satellites circle around.}, number={2}