LN261 Living Room Players: Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward

Described by the author as an “improbable farce in three acts” Blithe Spirit concerns a novelist,  Charles Condomine, who invites an eccentric medium and clairvoyant named Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, 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 séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles's marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost.

Depending on the number of players, the roles will be shared so that everyone can join in. Location is in the 3rd arrondissement. Address will be shared to the participants.

The general concept of The Living Room Players is that people receive the script by email about a week before the reading, and then roles are assigned at the meeting. Attendees sit around a living room and simply read their parts with as much theatrical flourish as they care to give (but there are no expectations of real acting).

The readings generally take place at a member's apartment in the Marais. The address, door code, and phone number will be sent in the two reminder emails.

Registration for the November reading opens on Friday, 24 October.