{"product_id":"9781472589477","title":"Blithe Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe'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 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eséances \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e- 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearching for his new novel, Charles Condomine invites the implausible medium Madame Arcati to his house for a séance. 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1941, \u003ci\u003eBlithe Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new edition of Coward's classic play \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003epublished to coincide with the 2014 new West End revival at the Gielgud Theatre, starring Angela Lansberry as Madame Arcati.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50096547987696,"sku":"9781472589477","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472589477","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}