| Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, Private Lives: Three Plays Contributor(s): Coward, Noël (Author) |
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ISBN: 067978179X ISBN-13: 9780679781790 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1999 Annotation: Written in 1941, concerns the predicament of a man who must face his imperious and jealous wives when they return from the after-life to haunt him. This is a humorous into the lives of a twice-married couple, who, having checked into a posh hotel, have nothing to do but eat, drink, bicker, make love, and congratulate themselves on their isolation from a world unworthy of them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.912 |
| LCCN: 98047414 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.09" W x 8.04" (0.42 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Filled with languid aristocrats trading witticisms as they wait for martinis, this collection of three Noel Coward plays encapsulates the qualities that made him one of the most popular playwrights of the 1930s and '40s and one of the great personalities of the century. In Blithe Spirit, Charles Condomine receives a visit from his first wife, Elvira. Unfortunately, Elvira is now a ghost and Charles has, understandably, moved on and married Ruth. The bohemian protagonists of Hay Fever wreak emotional havoc on a house full of weekend visitors. In Private Lives, a recently divorced couple find themselves in adjoining hotel rooms while on honeymoon with their new spouses. |