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"Blithe Spirit"

by Noel Coward

                   The question whether there are such things as "ghost" -- whether spirits of the departed can return to our living world and make themselves visible to its inhabitants-- is undoubtedly a very serious question, one on which there has been a vast amount of learned testimony on both sides throughout the years. But it is doubtful if anyone has ever approached this problem in quite the way Noel Coward did in his famous stage play, Blithe Spirit, which is to be the next production of the New Richmond High School Drama Department.                                                                                                                            

                    For in this play, which Mr. Coward call "an improbable farce," he has conceived of the notion of a man happily married to his second wife who is suddenly confronted by the ghost of his first wife! The ghost calmly announce that she intends to live with the couple indefinitely and proceeds to do so. This is the starting point for a series of the most hilarious episodes ever written into a play. As the critic from the New York Times reported after the opening night in New York, "..a completely insane farce that is also hilarious. It hardly touches the stage as it rides a demented broomstick to hilarity."

                     So Noel Coward was content to let the savants continue their weighty discussions on the possibilities and probabilities of ghostly manifestations. All that interested him was to provide a couple of hours of amusement for his audience; and in Blithe Spirit which he dashed off, incidentally, in a few weeks pulled from his war duties in blitz-bombed London-- he succeeded in that purpose so well, that it has proved to be the most successful of all his many hits.

                         The New Richmond High School Drama Department will present this famous farce comedy on Feb. 22 and 23rd at 7:00pm.

Casting Perfection!

Edith.... Amberly Newberry/ Joanna DeSalvo

Ruth.... Rebekah Lavin

Charles.... Alex Thomas

Dr. Bradman.... Tyler Gilday

Mrs. Bradman.... Sarah Cochran

Madame Arcati.... Katie Bird

Elvira.... McLane Nagy

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OUR OWN QUIZ PROGRAM: What is the funniest play ever written and who wrote it? The play's title begins with the letter B----- S----, and the playwright's initials are N---- C----. If you've guessed the answer, RUN do not walk to the New Richmond High School Theatre on Feb. 22 and 23rd and get your tickets for only $5.00 per person.