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Blithe Spirit

Series: L.A. Theatre Works
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Length: 01:57:58

A hilarious supernatural caper for Halloween. Read the full description.

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In Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, one dyed-in-the-wool skeptic is convinced that there is no life after death. But when he jokingly hires a spirit medium to prove his point, he finds that the “veil between worlds” may be thinner than he bargained for.

Starring Ian Ogilvy as Charles Condomine and Shirley Knight as Madame Arcati, with Judy Geeson, Christopher Neame, Rosalind Ayres, Alexandra Boyd, and Lynne Marta.

Hour One includes a special feature on "Electronic Voice Phenomenon", the study of ghostly voices mysteriously appearing on recordings and radio broadcasts.

 

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Piece Description

In Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, one dyed-in-the-wool skeptic is convinced that there is no life after death. But when he jokingly hires a spirit medium to prove his point, he finds that the “veil between worlds” may be thinner than he bargained for.

Starring Ian Ogilvy as Charles Condomine and Shirley Knight as Madame Arcati, with Judy Geeson, Christopher Neame, Rosalind Ayres, Alexandra Boyd, and Lynne Marta.

Hour One includes a special feature on "Electronic Voice Phenomenon", the study of ghostly voices mysteriously appearing on recordings and radio broadcasts.

 

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