Cuckfield Dramatic Society is excited to finally announce that the long awaited and anticipated Noel Coward play Blithe Spirit is coming to the Queen’s Hall later this month and we hope that you will be able to attend.
The production was originally scheduled for October last year but due to unforeseen events and illness the heartbreaking decision to cancel the show was made.
Lines had been rehearsed, characters developed, music, sound effects and lighting developed and a fabulous set painstakingly built – we had even bought the ice creams!
It is ironic that this play remained unseen, as ‘The Unseen’ is the title of the novel that Charles Condomine, husband of Ruth and deceased wife Elvira, is having trouble writing. He invites Madam Arcarti over for an evening séance in order to gain some inspiration but gains far more that he had anticipated. As the haunting sound of Irving Berlin’s ‘always’ plays on the gramophone, Madam Arcarti slips into a trance and summons the ghost of Elvira. Only Charles can see or hear her. The flirty Elvira makes attempts to disrupt the relationship between Charles and his current wife Ruth, who is driven to her wits end.
This cleverly written witty play is a ‘must see’. Transport yourself into another realm as only theatre can at The Queen’s Hall.
As Coward once wrote; “The theatre is a wonderful place, a house of strange enchantment, a temple of illusion.”
Blithe Spirit is on at The Queen’s Hall between 22nd and 25th May. www.ticketsource.co.uk/cds
