Blithe Spirit opened in 1941 when it played for over 2,000 performances and hugely raised wartime spirits. It has been one of the world's favourite comedies ever since. Its razor-sharp wit and wonderful characters have continued to raise spirits both in the audience and on stage. Novelist Charles Condomine and his second wife Ruth are literally haunted by a past relationship when an eccentric medium manages to conjure up the ghost of Charles's neurotic first wife, Elvira, at a seance.
They have assumed the preposterous Madame Arcati is a fraud who will simply entertain their dinner guests with a little chicanery and supply Charles with material for his forthcoming novel. But when Elvira appears, visible only to Charles, and determined to sabotage his current marriage, life - and the afterlife - begin to get complicated.
| 1941 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 1943 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 1987 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 2009 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2011 | West End |
London Production West End |
| 2014 | West End |
West End Revival Production West End |
| 2014 | US Tour |
1st National Tour US Tour |
| 2021 | West End |
West End |
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