Blithe Spirit: an Improbable Farce in Three Acts

Coward, Noel

Published by Heinemann, London, 1942

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Purple cloth titled in gilt. First UK edition. Spine lightly sunned overall; sunbleached at spine tips due to DJ chips. Block edge foxed; trace foxing to endpages. Unmarked, tight and square. The DJ in mylar is toned to spine, slightly chipped, moderately foxed, and slightly creased. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 34812

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Title: Blithe Spirit: an Improbable Farce in Three ...
Publisher: Heinemann, London
Publication Date: 1942
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Edition: First Edition.

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Blithe Spirit: An Improbable Farce in Three Acts (Modern Plays)

Noel Coward

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London, 2014

ISBN 10: 1472589475 ISBN 13: 9781472589477

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. We've stood up - we've lain down - we've concentrated. We've sat interminably while that tiresome old woman recited extremely unflattering verses at us. We're endured five seances - we've watched her fling herself in and out of trances until we're dizzy, and at the end of it all we find ourselves exactly where we were at the beginning. Researching for his new novel, Charles Condomine invites the implausible medium Madame Arcati to his house for a seance. Whilst consumed in a trance, Madame Arcati unwittingly summons the ghost of Charles's dead wife, Elvira. Appearing only to Charles, Elvira soon makes a play to reclaim her husband, much to the chagrin of Charles's new wife, Ruth. One husband, two feuding wives and a whisper of mischief in the air - who will win in Coward's unworldly comedy? Written in 1941, Blithe Spirit remained the longest-running comedy in the history of the British theatre for three decades thereafter. Dealing with relationships on both sides of the grave, it is an enduring classic. A new edition of Coward's classic play published to coincide with the 2014 new West End revival at the Gielgud Theatre, starring Angela Lansbury as Madame Arcati. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR006683135

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Blithe Spirit: An Improbable Farce in Three Acts

Noel Coward

Published by Samuel French, 1968

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Good. Used, may have wear and markings but is still in solid reading condition. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore. Seller Inventory # mon0000361305

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BLITHE SPIRIT an improbable farce in three acts

Noel Coward

Published by Samuel French Inc., United States, 1941

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Paperback. Condition: Good. THE SCRIPT! Reliable ACTING EDITION. Some shelf wear and scuff marks to the covers. Good binding.The text flows nicely. Enjoy this useful ACTING EDITION SCRIPT for all your dramatic needs. Seller Inventory # 400220020215261

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Blithe Spirit: An Improbable Farce in Three Acts

Noel Coward

Published by Samuel French Inc., 1968

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Blithe Spirit: an improbable farce in three acts. French's Acting Edition

Coward, Noel

Published by London: Samuel French, 1941

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Seller: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, United Kingdom

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Coward, Noel. Blithe Spirit: an improbable farce in three acts. French's Acting Edition. London: Samuel French, copyright 1941. Paperback, Good. Blue card covers, a little rubbed and marked, evidence of previous small labels to front and spine, small white label on reverse. Frontispiece b/w photograph of set. 94pp. including property plot with diagram and lighting plot relating to first performance at the Piccadilly Theatre London. Some pencilled marginalia, otherwise contents clean and bright. The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a s�ance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira, after the s�ance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles's marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost. The play was first seen in the West End in 1941, creating a new long-run record for non-musical British plays of 1,997 performances. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1662065804115

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Blithe Spirit: An Improbable Farce in Three Acts

Noel Coward

Published by Samuel French, 1941

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Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. NOT ex-library. Well read copy with some spine wear and discolouring of pages due to age but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller. Seller Inventory # mon0000142480

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BLITHE SPIRIT, AN IMPROBABLE FARCE IN THREE ACTS

COWARD, NOEL

Published by Samuel French,inc 1941 verso, NY, 1941

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Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, CHICO-CA, CA, U.S.A.

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Full Page Stage Layout (illustrator). First Edition?. VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK.; BLACK TITLES ON . . GREY PAPER COVERS.; 96ps thin pages; Suave Playright.takes place in living-room of the Condomines house in Kent. for 7 characters. "A man is visited by the ghost of his first wife.". Seller Inventory # 143779

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