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    Blithe Spirit
    Blithe Spirit
    Blithe Spirit
    Audiobook2 hours

    Blithe Spirit

    Written by Noel Coward

    Narrated by Corin Redgrave, Kika Markham, Full Cast and

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    About this audiobook

    When novelist Charles Condomine invites a medium into his house in order to learn about the occult for his new book, the last thing he or his second wife dream is that the séance will bring back his first wife, Elvira, who wants Charles all to herself! Things are further complicated by the fact that only Charles can see her, which results in some hilarious exchanges and misunderstandings. Elvira’s plots to get him to "the other side" do not go to plan however, and instead of Charles dying in her contrived "accident" his new wife does! Many consider this to be one of Coward’s best and most unusual farces.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateMay 1, 2002
    ISBN9789629546823
    Blithe Spirit
    Author

    Noel Coward

    Noel Coward was born in 1899 in Teddington, Middlesex. He made his name as a playwright with The Vortex (1924), in which he also appeared. His numerous other successful plays included Fallen Angels (1925), Hay Fever (1925), Private Lives (1933), Design for Living (1933), and Blithe Spirit (1941). During the war he wrote screenplays such as Brief Encounter (1944) and This Happy Breed (1942). In the fifties he started a new career as a cabaret entertainer. He published volumes of verse and a novel, Pomp and Circumstance (1960), two volumes of autobiography, and four volumes of short stories: To Step Aside (1939), Star Quality (1951), Pretty Polly Barlow (1964), and Bon Voyage (l967). Coward was knighted in 1970 and died three years later in Jamaica.

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    • 5/5
      Oh, Coward! Delightful! Well done, Sir Noel! A joy from start to finish! Impeccable performances!
    • 5/5
      Delightful, to say the least!
      A very well written play that made me smile, through all of it.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful adaptation of the play. While full of witty lines, it contrasts starkly with the underlying themes, which when you look at them, are actually quite sinister. The comic nature of the writing makes them more palatable, but afterwards, one is left with a sense of malevolence. However, highly recommended!
    • 5/5
      Noel Coward at his best.
    • 4/5
      Well, Noel Coward might not be as funny as Oscar Wilde but this is still an enjoyable read. It's a little unexpected and also a bit wicked (I have a hard time even typing that word but I think it's sort of apt.) It takes place, like Wilde's plays, it takes place within the aristocracy and deals in sometimes flightly ways with their interpersonal relationships. There are times you laugh out loud even though it probably would be a tragedy if written differently. At the same time, it's not as much of a witty criticism as Oscar usually provides.