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MORE ON 'Blithe Spirit' ... Times Topics: Noel Coward | Christine Ebersole | Rupert Everett | Angela Lansbury ... THEATER REVIEW | 'BLITHE SPIRIT'; The Medium as the Messenger (March 16, 2009)
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So when Noel Coward wanted to have some fun, he decided upon a ghost story. Blithe Spirit was written in six days during the Blitz of 1941, just weeks after German bombs had destroyed his office and attached apartment. ... BLITHE SPIRIT; By Noel Coward; Directed by Stephen Hollis...
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Noël Coward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of ...
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Blithe Spirit (play) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Blithe Spirit is a comic play written by Noel Coward which takes its title from Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "To a Skylark" ("Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert"). The play concerns s...
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Coward, ever in tune with societal undercurrents, spun a tale in Blithe Spirit that is an escape from the horror of war, yet deals with its most terrible cost, death, with a light hand. He deftly wove this with a poke at cynicism and the subliminal suggestion of “be careful what you ask for.”...
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The BEST Broadway source for Blithe Spirit tickets and Blithe Spirit information, photos and videos. Click Here to buy Blithe Spirit tickets today! ... Blithe Spirit Star Meet and Greet Meet the stars of Broadway's new production of Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT! ... The Haunting History of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit...
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The story, one of Mr. Coward's darker plays (written just after his loft had been bombed out during the London Blitz of '41), centers on Charles and Ruth Condomine. Mr. Condomine is a Unfortunately, Madame Arcati is not as much of a charlatan as everyone believes, and conjures up the spirit of Charles' first wife,
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Noel Coward wrote Blithe Spirit during a stay at Portmeirion in 1941, after his London office and apartment had been destroyed in the Blitz. Coward felt the public would want something amusing and escapist during the dark days of the war, when Russia and the USA had yet to join forces with the Allies.
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Written during World War II, this comedy with a supernatural twist is one of Noel Coward's best known plays, full of characteristic fruity language, and here in the face of death, marital disunion and ... Coward's language is at its sublime best in Blithe Spirit, but this production's inventiveness adds to its joy...
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