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June 26/13 – Blithe Spirit – to me Noel Coward's 2nd greatest play, next to Private Lives, and Stratford's Avon Theatre gave it a tremendous performance, with Ben Carlson as Charles, Michelle Giroux as Elvira, Sara Topham as Ruth, and Seana McKenna as Madame Arcati (the most underplayed I have seen her done), and the performances all worked well, and the magnificent set by Simon Higlett, and the costuming, especially those from the other side on Elvira and Ruth were most stunning. I first saw Blithe Spirit at the Red Barn Theatre, Jackson's Point in the 1950s when I was in High School, and was most impressed at the writing, and it still holds well in 2013, having seen such greats as Tammy Grimes and Maggie Smith in this classic play, and one will always remember Beryl Reid as Madame Arcati in 1971 with Patrick Cargill at the Royal Alexandra.
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June 26/13 – Blithe Spirit – to me Noel Coward's 2nd greatest play, next to Private Lives, and Stratford's Avon Theatre gave it a tremendous performance, with Ben Carlson as Charles, Michelle Giroux as Elvira, Sara Topham as Ruth, and Seana McKenna as Madame Arcati (the most underplayed I have seen her done), and the performances all worked well, and the magnificent set by Simon Higlett, and the costuming, especially those from the other side on Elvira and Ruth were most stunning. I first saw Blithe Spirit at the Red Barn Theatre, Jackson's Point in the 1950s when I was in High School, and was most impressed at the writing, and it still holds well in 2013, having seen such greats as Tammy Grimes and Maggie Smith in this classic play, and one will always remember Beryl Reid as Madame Arcati in 1971 with Patrick Cargill at the Royal Alexandra.
