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By Noel Coward
Directed
By: Phil Brady
The ingenious plot tells how novelist Charles Condomine invites
into his home an eccentric, breezy lady medium in order to learn
the language of the occult. Little does Charles or his lovely
second wife, Ruth, dream that the séance staged by the medium
will summon back Charles' first wife, now "passed over" for
seven years. But the lady from beyond, still handsome, still
mischievous, appears and torments Charles by reminding him of
their days and nights together. Only Charles can see or hear
her. A floating vase, handed to her out of thin air, finally
convinces Ruth that Charles is not losing his mind that his
first wife is indeed in the room. The first wife has a ghostly
plot in mind: if she can get Charles into an automobile accident
and make a ghost of him, life in the spirit world will have more
appeal for her. How Charles manages to extricate himself from
the situation makes an hilarious conclusion to this very unusual
farce. Hilariously funny, brilliant, clever and about as
cockeyed as a play can be. |
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