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Blithe Spirit
An Improbable Farce
Play
Comedy
Farce
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Nov 05, 1941
Closing Date
Jun 05, 1943
Performances
657
Play
Comedy
Farce
Original
Broadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Morosco Theatre
(Nov 05, 1941 - May 16, 1942)
Booth Theatre
(May 18, 1942 - Jun 05, 1943)
Description
A farce in three acts
Setting
Charles Condomine's house in Kent in the late 1930s.
Comments
The play took a summer rest in July 1942, then resumed.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Select Operating Corporation
and
Central Theatres Leasing & Construction Company
Produced by
John C. Wilson
Written by
Noël Coward
Staged by
John C. Wilson
Scenic Design by
Stewart Chaney
; Dresses for Miss Wood and Miss Corbett from
Mainbocher
; Wigs by
Alfred Barris
; Mr. Webb's clothes by
Tony Williams
General Manager:
C. W. Hobbs
; Company Manager:
C. Edwin Knill
Stage Manager:
Ward Bishop
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Robert Calley
Press Representative:
Willard Keefe
; Production Assistant:
Martin Manulis
Leonora Corbett
Elvira
Mildred Natwick
Madame Arcati
Clifton Webb
Charles
Peggy Wood
Ruth
Jacqueline Clarke
Edith
Phyllis Joyce
Mrs. Bradman
Philip Tonge
Doctor Bradman
Morosco Theatre
(Nov 05, 1941 - May 16, 1942)
Booth Theatre
(May 18, 1942 - Jun 05, 1943)
Cast
Valerie Cossart
Mrs. Bradman
Doreen Lang
Edith
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Select Operating Corporation
and
Central Theatres Leasing & Construction Company
Produced by
John C. Wilson
Written by
Noël Coward
Staged by
John C. Wilson
Scenic Design by
Stewart Chaney
; Dresses for Miss Wood and Miss Corbett from
Mainbocher
; Wigs by
Alfred Barris
; Mr. Webb's clothes by
Tony Williams
General Manager:
C. W. Hobbs
; Company Manager:
C. Edwin Knill
Stage Manager:
Ward Bishop
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Robert Calley
Press Representative:
Willard Keefe
; Production Assistant:
Martin Manulis
Leonora Corbett
Elvira
Mildred Natwick
Madame Arcati
Clifton Webb
Charles
Peggy Wood
Ruth
Jacqueline Clarke
Edith
Phyllis Joyce
Mrs. Bradman
Philip Tonge
Doctor Bradman
Morosco Theatre
(Nov 05, 1941 - May 16, 1942)
Booth Theatre
(May 18, 1942 - Jun 05, 1943)
Cast
Valerie Cossart
Mrs. Bradman
Doreen Lang
Edith
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