Winter 2003:
Noel Coward's
Blithe Spirit

Directed by Charlie and Charla Bendas
The Players last produced Blithe Spirit in 1981 and before that in 1959.

Audition Dates: Monday November 18th and Wednesday November 20th at 7:30pm
Performance Dates: February 7th, 8th, 14th, and 15th at 8:00pm
         Matinee February 9th at 2:00pm

Noel Coward wrote this drawing room comedy in 1941, during the height of the German blitz.  The play took London’s mind off of the German attempt to blast it into oblivion and became one of England’s longest running productions.  In an attempt to gather information for a forthcoming book, author Charles Condomine invites the local medium, Madame Arcati, to conduct a seance to contact his first wife, Elvira.  The fun starts when she actually brings Elvira back. Elvira is deathly jealous of Ruth, Charles’ second wife, and sets about planning to make sure Charles is hers alone, forever!  Elvira’s invisibility to all but Charles is but a small obstacle in her plan to radically change his life. Blithe Spirit is typical Coward, blending clever, quick-paced dialogue with physical comedy to produce a laugh-out-loud theatrical experience.

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