{"id":4404,"date":"2024-10-14T21:12:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T21:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/?page_id=4404"},"modified":"2024-10-14T21:42:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T21:42:36","slug":"blythe-spirit-1968","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/?page_id=4404","title":{"rendered":"Blythe Spirit &#8211; 1968"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\" wp-block-image size-full eplus-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"672\" data-attachment-id=\"4405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/?attachment_id=4405\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/61AA152D-AF66-464D-B0CE-98BCC7F9969D.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"828,672\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"61AA152D-AF66-464D-B0CE-98BCC7F9969D\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/61AA152D-AF66-464D-B0CE-98BCC7F9969D.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/61AA152D-AF66-464D-B0CE-98BCC7F9969D.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/61AA152D-AF66-464D-B0CE-98BCC7F9969D.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/61AA152D-AF66-464D-B0CE-98BCC7F9969D-300x243.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/61AA152D-AF66-464D-B0CE-98BCC7F9969D-768x623.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/61AA152D-AF66-464D-B0CE-98BCC7F9969D-500x406.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/tads.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/61AA152D-AF66-464D-B0CE-98BCC7F9969D-800x649.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">This was TADS\u2019 very first production, and was performed in 1968 at The George Watson Memorial Hall, Tewkesbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Peter Robertson was one of TADS founder members. He played Charles Condomine in Blythe Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">\u201cI can remember most of the cast &#8211; just about &#8211; and some things about the performances and memorable events. My headmaster (Tewkesbury Grammar School) was furious I spent time with drama when my A levels were imminent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><em><strong>Blithe Spirit<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a comic play by Noel Coward, described by the author as &#8220;an improbable farce in three acts&#8221;. The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a seance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his wilful and temperamental first wife, Elvira, after the s\u00e9ance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles&#8217;s marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was TADS\u2019 very first production, and was performed in 1968 at The George Watson Memorial Hall, Tewkesbury. Peter Robertson was one of TADS founder members. He played Charles Condomine in Blythe Spirit. \u201cI can remember most of the cast &#8211; just about &#8211; and some things about the performances and memorable events. 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