Blithe Spirit (play)

Blithe Spirit is a comic play by Noël Coward. The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira, after the séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles's marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost.

The play was first seen in the West End in 1941, creating a new long-run record for non-musical British plays of 1,997 performances. It also did well on Broadway later that year, running for 657 performances. Coward adapted the play for film in 1945, starring Rex Harrison, and directed a musical adaptation, High Spirits, on Broadway in 1964. It was also adapted for television in the 1950s and 1960s and for radio. The play enjoyed several West End and Broadway revivals in the 1970s and 1980s and was revived again in London in 2004, 2011 and 2014. It returned to Broadway in February 2009.

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit may refer to:

Blithe Spirit (play), a comic play written by Noël Coward

Blithe Spirit (film), a 1945 British comedy film based on the play

Angela Lansbury

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury, DBE (born 16 October 1925) is a British-American actress and singer who has appeared in theatre, television and film. Her career has spanned seven decades, much of it based in the United States, and her work has attracted international attention.

Lansbury was born to an upper-middle-class family in central London, the daughter of Northern Irish actress Moyna Macgill and English politician Edgar Lansbury. To escape the Blitz, in 1940 she moved to the United States, there studying acting in New York City. Proceeding to Hollywood in 1942, she signed to MGM and obtained her first film roles, in Gaslight (1944) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), earning her two Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe Award. She appeared in eleven further MGM films, mostly in minor roles, and after her contract ended in 1952 she began supplementing her cinematic work with theatrical appearances. Although largely seen as a B-list star during this period, her appearance in the film The Manchurian Candidate (1962) received widespread acclaim and is cited as being one of her finest performances. Moving into musical theatre, Lansbury finally gained stardom for playing the leading role in the Broadway musical Mame (1966), which earned her a range of awards and established her as a gay icon.

January 20

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1265 – The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the "Houses of Parliament".

1320 – Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.

1356 – Edward Balliol surrenders his claim to the Scottish throne to Edward III in exchange for an English pension.

1523 – Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.

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The Golden Gate is the North American strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. It is defined by the headlands of the San Francisco Peninsula and the Marin Peninsula, and, since 1937, has been spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge.

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During the last Ice Age, when sea level was several hundred feet lower, the waters of the glacier-fed Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River scoured a deep channel through the bedrock on their way to the ocean. The strait is well known today for its depth and powerful tidal currents from the Pacific Ocean. Many small whirlpools and eddies can form in its waters. With its strong currents, rocky reefs and fog, the Golden Gate is the site of over 100 shipwrecks.

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'Madame Arcati' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Catalunya aixeca el teló (2011)

Actors: Antonia San Juan (actress), Abel Folk (actor), Héctor Alterio (actor), Julieta Serrano (actress), Gabino Diego (actor), Lluís Soler (actor), Pep Sais (actor), David Fernández (actor), Anna Barrachina (actress), Mercè Comes (actress), Edu Soto (actor), Sergi Belbel (actor), Dafnis Balduz (actor), Joan Vives (actor), Anna Azcona (actress),

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Vaimoni kummittelee (1968)

Actors: Kaarlo Juurela (actor), Leif Wager (actor), Noel Coward (writer), Rauha Rentola (actress), Elli Castrén (actress), Mirjam Salminen (actress), Eeva-Liisa Haimelin (actress), Seere Salminen (writer), Esko Elstelä (director), Anita Sohlberg (actress),

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Oh, diese Geister (1966)

Actors: Günther Schramm (actor), Joost Siedhoff (actor), Elisabeth Flickenschildt (actress), Maria Sebaldt (actress), Elisabeth Volkmann (actress), Johanna von Koczian (actress), Noel Coward (writer), Max Kolpé (writer), Trude Kolman (director), Barbara Saade (actress), Timothy Gray (writer), Hugh Martin (writer),

Genres: Musical,

Blithe Spirit (1966)

Actors: Dirk Bogarde (actor), Ruth Gordon (actress), Rosemary Harris (actress), Noel Coward (writer), George Schaefer (director), Rachel Roberts (actress), Mildred Trares (actress), Joan White (actress), Geoffrey Lumb (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,

Geisterkomödie (1962)

Actors: Max Mairich (actor), Noel Coward (writer), Curt Goetz (writer), Otto Tausig (director), Peter Martin Urtel (actor), Ilsemarie Schnering (actress), Peter Zwetkoff (composer), Krista Keller (actress), Susanne Korda (actress), Ebba Johannsen (actress), Lilli Schmuck (actress),

Genres: Comedy,

Blithe Spirit (1956)

Actors: Noel Coward (actor), Noel Coward (writer), Noel Coward (director), Frederick De Cordova (director), Lauren Bacall (actress), Claudette Colbert (actress), Marion Ross (actress), Mildred Natwick (actress), Philip Tonge (actor), Brenda Forbes (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,

Blithe Spirit (1948)

Actors: George More O'Ferrall (producer), George More O'Ferrall (director), Noel Coward (writer), Betty Ann Davies (actress), Ronald Squire (actor), Frank Lawton (actor), Marian Spencer (actress), Jean St. Clair (actress), Beryl Measor (actress), Alison Pickard (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,

Blithe Spirit (1946)

Actors: Noel Coward (writer), Philip Tonge (actor), Doreen Lang (actress), Estelle Winwood (actress), Carol Goodner (actress), Leonora Corbett (actress), Ed Sobol (producer), Valerie Cossart (actress), Alex Clark (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,

Blithe Spirit (1945)

Actors: Noel Coward (actor), Rex Harrison (actor), Johnnie Schofield (actor), Noel Coward (writer), Anthony Havelock-Allan (writer), David Lean (writer), Ronald Neame (writer), David Lean (director), Jack Harris (editor), Yvonne Axeworthy (miscellaneous crew), Joan Bridge (miscellaneous crew), Natalie Kalmus (miscellaneous crew), Marie Ault (actress), Margaret Rutherford (actress), Noel Coward (producer),

Plot: Adapted from a play by Noel Coward, Charles and his second wife Ruth, are haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. Medium Madame Arcati tries to help things out by contacting the ghost.

Keywords: alcohol, author, based-on-play, bicycle, car-accident, convertible, crystal-ball, dinner-party, doctor, domestic-servant
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,
Taglines: One Wife Too Many

Quotes:

Charles Condomine: If you're trying to compile an inventory of my sex life, I feel it only fair to warn you that you've omitted several episodes. I shall consult my diary and give you a complete list after lunch.

Charles Condomine: What do you suppose induced Agnes to leave us?::Ruth Condomine: The reason was becoming increasingly obvious, my dear.::Charles Condomine: Mm. We must keep Edith in the house more.

Charles Condomine: Anything interesting in The Times::Ruth Condomine: Don't be silly, dear.

Violet Bradman: I must say I find bicycling very exhausting. Those awful hills...::Madame Arcati: Just knack. Down with your head, up with your heart, and you're over the top like a flash and skimming down the other side like a dragonfly.

[first lines]::words on a Victorian sampler: "When we are young / We read and believe / The most fantastic things. / When we are older / We learn with regret / That these things cannot be"::Narrator: We are quite, quite wrong!

Violet Bradman: Can you foretell the future?::Madame Arcati: Certainly not. I disapprove of fortune-tellers most strongly.::Violet Bradman: Oh, really - why?::Madame Arcati: Too much guesswork and fake mixed up with it - even when the gift is genuine - and it only very occasionally is - you can't count on it.::Ruth Condomine: Why not?::Madame Arcati: Time again. Time is the reef upon which all our frail mystic ships are wrecked.::Ruth Condomine: You mean because it has never yet been proved that the past and the present and the future are not one and the same thing?::Madame Arcati: I long ago came to the conclusion that nothing has ever been definitely proved about anything.

Charles Condomine: It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Ruth Condomine: [to Charles] Now I want you to come upstairs with me and go to bed.::Elvira Condomine: The way that woman harps on bed.

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Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati and Ruth | Stratford Festival 2013

BLITHE SPIRIT: Madame Arcati's Entrance

BLITHE SPIRIT: Seance

Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati

BLITHE SPIRIT: Madame Arcati Meets Elvira

Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury

An Invite from Madame Arcati

BLITHE SPIRIT: Madame Arcati has a Dry Martini

BLITHE SPIRIT: Evoking the Spirits

Blithe Spirit

'Madame Arcati' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Catalunya aixeca el teló (2011)

Vaimoni kummittelee (1968)

Oh, diese Geister (1966)

Blithe Spirit (1966)

Geisterkomödie (1962)

Blithe Spirit (1956)

Blithe Spirit (1948)

Blithe Spirit (1946)

Blithe Spirit (1945)

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Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati and Ruth | Stratford Festival 2013

BLITHE SPIRIT: Madame Arcati's Entrance

BLITHE SPIRIT: Seance

Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati

BLITHE SPIRIT: Madame Arcati Meets Elvira

Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury

An Invite from Madame Arcati

BLITHE SPIRIT: Madame Arcati has a Dry Martini

BLITHE SPIRIT: Evoking the Spirits

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati and Ruth | Stratford Festival 2013

BLITHE SPIRIT: Madame Arcati's Entrance

BLITHE SPIRIT: Seance

Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati

BLITHE SPIRIT: Madame Arcati Meets Elvira

Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury

An Invite from Madame Arcati

BLITHE SPIRIT: Madame Arcati has a Dry Martini

BLITHE SPIRIT: Evoking the Spirits

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