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Blithe
Spirit
by Noel Coward
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In the spring
of 1941, as Londoners endured the Blitz, superstar playwright Noël
Coward slipped away to Wales to work on a new script. “Title is Blithe
Spirit,” he wrote in his diary. “Very gay, superficial comedy about a
ghost. Feel it may be good.” Six days later, the play was finished and
in a production schedule that seems unbelievably fast by today’s
standards, the play opened at London’s Piccadilly Theatre just six
weeks later on July 2, 1941. The public loved it, and the play went on
to a record-setting London run of 1,997 performances.
Even more
amazing is the fact that only two lines were dropped and none were
altered during rehearsal of what the playwright dubbed “An Improbable
Farce in Three Acts.”
As Blithe Spirit begins, novelist Charles
Condomine is preparing to host a séance to be conducted by a medium
known as Madame Arcati. For him, it’s a jokey way to do research for a
new novel, appropriately titled The Unseen. However he gets more than
he bargained for and the surprises keep on coming in this thoroughly
entertaining play.
With Mark Lebeter playing Charles Condomine
and Rebecca Smith as his wife Ruth, we also have in the cast Nicola
Ellis as Madame Arcati, Tony Smith and Dawn Bond as Dr & Mrs
Bradman, Lindsay Follen playing Elvira and Natalie Scott as the maid
Edith.
Enjoy this hilarious, timeless comedy from the pen of the
Master with “A Talent to Amuse”. |
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| Production Details |
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| Title | Blithe Spirit |
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| Author |
Noel Coward |
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Director
Jean Lebeter |
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| Venue | Collingham
Village Hall |
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| Production dates | 17 -20 March 2010 |
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| Cast |
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Mark
Lebeter
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Charles Condomine
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Rebecca
Smith
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Ruth, his wife |
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Nicola
Ellis
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Madame Arcati |
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Tony Smith
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Dr Bradman |
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Dawn Bond
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Mrs Bradman |  |
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Lindsay Follen
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Elvira |
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Natalie
Scott
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Edith, a maid |  |
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