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Who Played Ruth in Blithe Spirit

Ruth is a role in Blithe Spirit, a play that opened West End in 2021.

Novelist Charles Condomine and his second wife Ruth are literally haunted by a past relationship when an eccentric medium – Madame Arcati - inadvertently conjures up the ghost of his first wife, Elvira, at a séance. When she appears, visible only to Charles, and determined to sabotage his current marriage, life – and the afterlife – get complicated.

7 actors have played Ruth in Blithe Spirit.

View full cast of Blithe Spirit

Performer Production Opened
Peggy Wood Broadway Blithe Spirit 1941
Peggy Wood Broadway Blithe Spirit 1943
Jennifer Harmon Broadway Blithe Spirit 1987
Judith Ivey Broadway Blithe Spirit 1987
Elizabeth Norment Broadway Blithe Spirit 2009
Jayne Atkinson Broadway Blithe Spirit 2009
Janie Dee West End Blithe Spirit 2014
Lisa Dillon West End Blithe Spirit 2021

Other Roles in Blithe Spirit

Role Production Opened
Madame Arcati West End Blithe Spirit 2021
Ruth West End Blithe Spirit 2021

“Ruth” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
Harmony Broadway 2023
Titanique Off-Broadway 2022
Soul Doctor Broadway 2013
The Homecoming Broadway 2007
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Broadway 1982
The Pirates of Penzance Off-Broadway 1980
The Norman Conquests: Living Together Broadway 1975
The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden Broadway 1975
The Norman Conquests: Table Manners Broadway 1975
Milk and Honey Broadway 1961
Wonderful Town US Tour 1954
The Pirates of Penzance Broadway 1934
Ruddigore Broadway 1927

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