Blithe spirit

Angela Lansbury, a born entertainer and pro’s pro at 89, delights in the Noël Coward comedy.

EW has your exclusive first look at the feature film adaptation of Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit,' starring Dan Stevens, Judi Dench, Isla Fisher, and Leslie Mann.

Blithe Spirit, David Lean’s delightful film version of Noël Coward’s theater sensation (onstage, it broke London box-office records before hitting Broadway), stars Rex Harrison as a novelist who cheekily invites a medium (Margaret Rutherford) to his house to conduct a séance, hoping the experience will inspire a book he’s working on. Things go decidedly not as planned when she summons the spirit of his dead first wife (Kay Hammond), a severe inconvenience for his current one (Constance…

Blithe Spirit

Is Blithe Spirit (2020) a great movie or even a decent adaption of the Noël Coward play? Not really. But is it a gorgeously costumed and art-directed frothy excursion into the 1930s? Hells yeah. Th…

One of my all time favourite films, so well loved, I can't even remember the number of times I've seen it, is Blithe Spirit. Based on the Noel Coward play, the film version came out in 1945, at the end of the war. With a biting script that makes me laugh every time no matter how low my mood and beautiful costumes, this film about mischievous spirits, an inept spiritualist and middle aged marriage is tonic to me.My favourite character is Madame Arcati, the Spiritualist, perfectly played by…

1986 Theatre Production Poster Blithe Spirit.

Blithe Spirit Movie Poster

With Jennifer Saunders playing Madame Arcati in London, and a new film adaptation with Judi Dench on the way, we look back at productions starring Angela Lansbury, Joanna Lumley and many more