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Event

Blithe Spirit

Venue

Playhouse, Melbourne, VIC

First Date

15 November 2003

Opening Date

19 November 2003

Last Date

20 December 2003

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Part of a Tour

Yes

Description

A comedy about a man whose dealings with a mixed-up mystic sees him trapped in a bizarre love triangle between his newly married second wife and the ghost of his first.

Description Source

Flyer/Poster

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Secondary Genre

Comedy

Subjects

Marriage
Relationships
Supernatural

Organisations

Melbourne Theatre Company, Production Company
Melbourne Theatre Company, Presenting Company
Australia Council for the Arts, Grant Body
Arts Victoria, Grant Body
The University of Melbourne, Sponsor

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Georgie Bax	Actor
Merridy Eastman	Actor
Rosalind Hammond	Actor
Miriam Margolyes	Actor
William McInnes	Actor
Mark Pegler	Actor
Pamela Rabe	Actor
Christine Bennett	Assistant Stage Manager
Paul Grabowsky	Composer
Ross Skiffington	Consultant	Magic
Hugh Colman	Costume Designer
Anna McCrossin-Owen	Dialect Coach
Roger Hodgman	Director
Matt Scott	Lighting Designer
Noel Coward	Playwright
Gabriela Tylesova	Set Designer
Alyson Brown	Stage Manager

Resources

Review: Bill Perrett, Agenda, 30 November 2003, 24
Review: Catherine Lambert, The Sunday Herald Sun, 23 November 2003, 22
Review: Chris Boyd, The Herald Sun, 21 November 2003, 92
Review: Jim Murphy, A3, 21 November 2003, 7
Review: Thuy On, The Australian, 24 November 2003, 25

Works

Blithe Spirit

Text Nationality

England

Production Nationality

Australia

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Newsletter
Flyer
Review
Cast List	MTC Records

Event Identifier

33065

Dataset

AusStage