Blithe Spirit

Synopsis

Blithe Spirit centers on Charles Condomine, a writer researching the occult for his next book. Inviting eccentric medium Madame Arcati to conduct a séance, he inadvertently conjures the spirit of his late wife, Elvira. Much to the dismay of his current wife, Ruth, Elvira delights in disrupting Charles’s life, leading to increasingly absurd and spectral complications. Noël Coward’s witty dialogue and sharp humor make this supernatural farce a classic, blending marital satire with ghostly mischief.

Production Notes

In Noël Coward’s hit play, skeptical novelist Charles Condomine invites self-proclaimed medium Madame Arcati to his home for a séance, hoping to gather material for a new book. When the hapless psychic accidentally summons the spirit of Condomine’s late wife, Elvira, his home and life are quickly turned into a shambles as his wife’s ghost torments both himself and his new bride, Ruth.