- Release Date: 1956
- Runtime: N/A
- Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
- Starring: Lauren Bacall, Claudette Colbert, Noel Coward, Brenda Forbes ... see all
- Director: Frederick De Cordova, Noel Coward
- Plot: The version of Blithe Spirit discussed in this article is actually a 1956 live performance made for television, preserved on kinescope, not a true motion picture. The production was directed... Read more
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Critics Reviews
RTE, Ireland
This is a thoroughly entertaining production of one of Coward's finest moments:....Sinead Murphy plays Edith, the twinkle-toed servant, with an expert gormlessness that provides some of the best running jokes..... ... Full Review
News
Sullivan Jr. wins a Norton
projo.com –
2009-05-13
Trinity Rep's Fred Sullivan Jr. has picked up an Elliot Norton Award for his work in last year's production of Blithe Spirit and for a performance in Boston of As You Like It. ... Full Article
BROADWAY
nypost.com –
2009-04-17
"BLITHE SPIRIT": **½ Angela Lansbury and Jayne Atkinson prevent director Michael Blakemore from completely smothering Noel Coward's comedy. Shubert Theatre, 225 W. 44th St.; 212-239-6200. ... Full Article
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN SPIRIT OF FOOLING
nypost.com –
2009-04-01
APRIL Fools' Day. The date America should really hold its elections. BEING April Fools' Day, I investigated the Shubert, where "Blithe Spirit" blithely sails along with Angela Lansbury playing a psychic, and where, seemingly, on their own, tables knock, windows... ... Full Article
LANSBURY SLAMS MANCHURIAN REMAKE
pr-inside.com –
2009-03-27
Christine Ebersole stars in Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit," now playing at Broadway's Shubert Theatre in New York. (ROBERT J. SAFERSTEIN)
courant.com –
2009-03-17





