\u201cHer spiritual integrity \u2026 was nil,\u201d Condomine laments to his wife Ruth as they discuss his late first wife Elvira. He and Ruth are going to learn soon just how \u201cnil\u201d when the medium Madama Arcati opens an invisible door to the spirit world during a dinner party s\u00e9ance. Elvira comes through that door with all the unworldly power she can muster to wreak havoc with her successor and their shared husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Directed by Jackie Daniels<\/strong> with Gavin Lane<\/strong> serving as stage manager, Theatre Oxford\u2019s Blithe Spirit<\/em> provides audiences with a rollicking ghost story just in time for this coming Halloween, a ghost story full of laughs and surprises yet one also, in the words of Variety<\/em> critic Matt Wolf, that is \u201cmarinated in pain.\u201d Sponsors of the Theatre Oxford production include the Mississippi Arts Commission<\/strong> and Yoknapatawpha Arts Council<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Written during the London Blitz and first produced in England in 1941, Blithe Spirit<\/em> has had a long history of highly successful productions both in London\u2019s West End<\/strong> and on New York City\u2019s Broadway<\/strong>. It has twice been converted into a film, and it has featured actors ranging from Clifton Webb and Rex Harrison to Margaret Rutherford, Geraldine Page, and Angela Lansbury. The play has received eight Tony Award nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Performances take place at the Powerhouse at 7:30 pm, Friday, October 18, and at 2 pm and 7:30 pm, Saturday, October 19. Tickets will be available at the door and seats can be reserved here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Theatre Oxford\u2019s production of Blithe Spirit<\/em> commemorates the 125th birthday of playwright No\u00ebl Coward. A tea party in his honor will be held at each intermission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Powerhouse is located at 413 South 14th<\/sup> Street in Oxford<\/strong> (on the corner of University Avenue). Parking is in back near the water tower. To learn more about Theatre Oxford, visit theatreoxford.org<\/a><\/strong> or on social media @theatreoxford<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n by Joe Atkins Be careful what spirits you call forth from the netherworld. They may decide to hang<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":143835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15944],"tags":[30325,30453,17303,5,642,30452,7067,4,198,1673],"class_list":["post-143834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-theatre","tag-blithe-spirit","tag-gavin-lane","tag-jackie-daniels","tag-mississippi","tag-ms","tag-noel-coward","tag-ole-miss","tag-oxford","tag-the-powerhouse","tag-theatre-oxford"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Blithe-Spirit-Rehearsal-Photo-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143834"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144015,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143834\/revisions\/144015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Blithe-SPirit-poster.jpg?resize=640%2C640\")
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