Blithe Spirit
Red Tree Theatre, Tuggerah
Presented by Red Tree Theatre
Till death do us part?
by Noël Coward
Directed by Daniel Craig
A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles' shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone's personalities clash, Charles' current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.
Directed by Daniel Craig
Event has yet to be Cast
Mostly Female Cast. Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult Characters
CHARLES CONDOMINE: In his forties, Charles is an intelligent and urbane English novelist. Charles is the husband of Ruth Condomine and deceased first wife, Elvira.
RUTH CONDOMINE: A smart looking woman in her mid-thirties, Ruth is the wife of Charles. She is a bit jealous of Charles's relationship with his first wife.
DR. GEORGE BRADMAN: A pleasant-looking middle-aged man, Dr. Bradman is a friend of the Condomines.
MRS. VIOLET BRADMAN: The wife of Dr. Bradman, Mrs. Bradman is middle-aged and a bit faded.
MADAME ARCATI: A middle-aged spiritualist, Madame Arcati is a striking woman. She is not too extravagant but has a definite bias towad the barbaric.
ELVIRA CONDOMINE: Charles Condomine's deceased first wife, Elvira returns as a ghost with a goal. In the process, she makes Charles's and Ruth's lives very complicated.
**EDITH:**The Condomine's maid, Edith is always in a hurry.
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