About "Blithe Spirit"

"Blithe Spirit" -- Dearly Departed Wives Wreak Hilarious Havoc

A "spirited" love triangle is at the center of "Blithe Spirit", Noel Coward's ghostly comedy. During a séance, novelist Charles Condomine accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife, Elvira. Only Charles can see the seductive Elvira, who delightedly wreaks havoc on Charles' current marriage to the jealous Ruth. When Ruth meets her accidental demise, her spirit encounters that of Elvira ... and then the haunted fun really begins. Hilarity ensues as the beleaguered Charles is caught between the worldly and the unworldly and must admit that there is indeed life on "the other side." A hit with audiences and critics alike when it premiered in 1941, and adapted into an Oscar-winning 1945 film with Rex Harrison, "Blithe Spirit" represents Coward at his driest and most urbane. See it at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore.
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