June 1999
Directed & Produced by
Karen Ashton & Judy Lee
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After all the sordid goings on on stage
during "Murder in Play"
in the autumn, this production was altogether on a higher
plane.
1999 saw the fortieth anniversary of the
founding of the Greville Theatre Club, as well as the
centenary of the birth of Noel Coward, the acknowledged
master of the stylish comedy. To celebrate his life and
work for the English Stage, we presented "Blithe
Spirit", his highly entertaining
excursion into a world where things are not quite as they
appear.
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Successful
Author Charles Condomine (played by Andy Jameson, left),
is content with his life. Having lost his first wife
Elvira 7 years previously, he has remarried and is more
or less happy with his new wife, Ruth.
In researching his latest work, Charles
invites a local medium, Madame Arcati (Rebecca Rowland,
right), to conduct a séance.
The Cynical Charles gets more than he
bargained for when Madame Arcati successfully re-materializes
Elvira, who continues to wreak havoc throughout the
Condomine household. |
"Oooooh!
Yes ! Again! Again!"
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Ruth
(Linda Shelverton) Debates how to "get rid of
her" with Charles, who is now beginning to rather
enjoy the situation
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Finally,
Madame Arcati is persuaded to try to reverse her
handiwork, of which she is prodigiously proud
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