Somerset Maugham and his secretary and companion Alan Searle (left) and Noel Coward at the UN Refugees children charity gala at the Sporting d’Eté, Monte Carlo 1954.

Somerset Maugham, his secretary and companion Alan Searle (left), and Noel Coward in conversation at the UN Refugees children charity gala at the Sporting d’Eté, Monte Carlo, 1954. Searle is captured in smiling profile as he listens to Coward, who wears a dark boutonnière. Maugham, in a double-breasted jacket, observes his companions with a slight, knowing smile, his hands clasped before him. The men are all formally attired in light-colored dinner jackets.

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