THEATRE ROYAL BATH PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
BLITHE SPIRIT
By NOEL COWARD
Starring ALISON STEADMAN
Directed by THEA SHARROCK
Novelist Charles Condomine and his second wife Ruth are literally haunted by a past relationship when an eccentric medium manages to conjure up the ghost of Charles’s neurotic first wife, Elvira, at a seance. They have assumed the preposterous Madame Arcati is a fraud who will simply entertain their dinner guests and supply Charles with material for his forthcoming novel. But when Elvira appears, visible only to Charles, and determined to sabotage his current marriage, life – and the afterlife – begin to get complicated.
The cast features Olivier award winning actress Alison Steadman as Madam Arcati, Steadman has had a hugely successful career in film, television and theatre, credits include Abigail’s Party, Topsy Turvey and Gavin and Stacey. Thea Sharrock directs this slice of classic Coward and has previously worked with Daniel Radcliffe, Keira Knightley and Damian Lewis in the West End.
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