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Blithe Spirit
play by Coward
Blithe Spirit, farce by NoĂ«l Coward, produced and published in 1941 and often regarded as Cowardâs best work. This play about a man whose domestic life is disturbed by the jealous ghost of his first wife shows Cowardâs humour at its ripest. The combination of drawing-room comedy and ghost story enhances Cowardâs usual subject of people whose lifestyles defy conventional morality.
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