Blithe Spirit
From: Monday, 22nd November 2010
To: Saturday, 27 November 2010
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Synopsis
Charles Condomine, a successful author, is happily married to Ruth. To collect material for his latest book he invites Madam Acarti, the medium, to conduct a seance at his home unwittingly releasing the ghost of his first wife Elvira who it would appear wants him back! One of Coward's great comedies.
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 22 November 2010
Thea Sharrock’s production of Coward’s Blithe Spirit is very good. There’s always a problem with staging classic comedy – do you opt for a strictly traditional approach, or tilt the whole thing in a completely new direction? Sharrock has opted for a sort of flick-tilt, abetted by an excellent Art Déco set and spot-on late 1930s costumes (Hildegard Bechtler).
Madame Arcati is such a marvellous grotesque that the actress playing her tends to run away with the whole show. Here she’s played by Alison Steadman with a judicious blend of down-to-earth countrywoman – sensible daytime tweeds and that seven-mile bicycle ride – and professional seer – wispy hair, Bohemian bonnet and droopy zigzag draperies inrusty browns and black .It’s an applause-garnering performance, but the rest of the cast measures up to it.
The two Condomine wives are a nice study in contrasts. Hermione Norris’ Ruth is both sv...
Cast
Alison Steadman (Madame Arcati)
Hermione Norris (Ruth Condomine)
Robert Bathurst (Charles Condomine)
Ruthie Henshall (Elvira)
Creative
Noel Coward (1941) (Author)
Danny Moar (for Theatre Royal Bath Productions) (Producer)
Thea Sharrock (Director)
Hildegard Bechtler (Design)
Mark Henderson (Lighting)
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