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Three Plays: Blithe Spirit / Hay Fever / Private Lives

by Noel Coward · 1965

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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.

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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 Feverwreak 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.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thisghostghostMore like thisLess of this
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theatretheatreMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 254 pages
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