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Blithe Spirit

Name: Blithe Spirit
Author: Noel Coward
ISBN: 9780573606144

by Noel Coward

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Overview

30 m, 7 f, plus ensemble (doubling possible.) / Ints., exts.

This mesmerizing Phantom is traditional musical theatre in the finest sense. The Tony award winning authors of Nine have transformed Gaston Leroux' The Phantom of the Opera into a sensation that enraptures audiences and critics with beautiful songs and an expertly crafted book. It is constructed around characters more richly developed than in any other version, including the original novel.

"Everything is first rate."
- N.Y. Daily News

"Rhapsodic music that entrances, moves and haunts...A welcome link to musical theatre's golden past."
- The New York Times

"Has glory all its own."
- Boston Globe

Synopsis

Written in 1941 this book remians the longest-running comedy in the history of the British theatre for three decades.

About the Author, Noel Coward

Barry Day is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a trustee of the Noël Coward Foundation. In addition to his seven previous books on Noël Coward, he has written about Dorothy Parker, Oscar Wilde, Johnny Mercer, and Rodgers & Hart. Day was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) "for services to British culture in the United States."