Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward   10th-12th November 1988

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. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira.

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Cast

Edith, the maid : Val Searle

Ruth : Elaine Willers

Charles : Roger Newman-Turner

Doctor Bradman : John Moules

Mrs Bradman : Glenis Marchini

Madam Arcati : Joyce Elson

Elvira : Wendy Roskilly

Crew

Director : Diana Evans

Stage Manager : Rita Downing

Lighting : Kevin Dunnicliffe

Sound : Mark Gifford

Properties : Frances Gaynor

Prompt : Ella Edwards

Set designed and built : Stephen Gaynor, John Elson, William Heaton, David Fyfe