Blithe Spirit at Patchwork Playhouse

A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent, and well aware of Charles' shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone's personalities clash, one is left to wonder who will be the next to “pass over,” or whether everyone will live happily ever after! Blithe Spirit is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.