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Blithe Spirit is a comic play by Noël Coward, described by the author as "an improbable farce in three acts". [1] 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.
Blithe Spirit is a 1945 British supernatural black comedy film directed by David Lean.The screenplay by Lean, cinematographer Ronald Neame and associate producer Anthony Havelock-Allan, is based on Noël Coward's 1941 play of the same name, the title of which is derived from the line "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!
High Spirits is a musical with a book, lyrics, and music by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray, based on the play Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward, about a man coping with the ghost of his dead wife. Martin and Gray adhered closely to Coward's original text, while expanding the medium's character to the star role, initially calling the show Faster Than ...
Penning a good, short, pithy screenplay is no easy feat, even when working from solidly proven source material — and one need look no further than “Blithe Spirit,” a tin-eared, lumpen-footed ...
In 1920, at the age of 20, Coward starred in his own play, the light comedy I'll Leave It to You. After a three-week run in Manchester it opened in London at the New Theatre (renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in 2006), his first full-length play in the West End. [27] Neville Cardus's praise in The Manchester Guardian was grudging. [28]
Blithe Spirit may refer to: . Blithe Spirit, a 1941 comic play written by Noël Coward; Blithe Spirit, a British comedy film based on the play; Blithe Spirit (Ford Star Jubilee), a 1956 television play version of the play
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"Blithe Spirit" is a 1956 television play version of the play of the same name by Noël Coward. Coward directed and starred in the adaptation. Coward directed and starred in the adaptation. It aired as an episode of Ford Star Jubilee .