Fun Trivia : Coward, Noel

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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Coward, Noel

What connects Madam Arcati with Edith?

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"


A white bandage. Madam Arcati senses another strong psychic force within the house - but can only identitify it by a white bandage . . . the bandage that Edith gained after falling downstairs as a result of Elvira having spread axle grease on the top step . . . Ooooh! It's a lovely plot!



What did Lady Mackinley send to the Condomines from Burma?

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"


An awful shawl. Elvira takes stock on the downfall of "her" house since her death. She doesn't approve of the shawl or the curtains or the nasturtiums . . .



What accompanied the lemon sole with lunch?

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"


A cheese thing. Ruth was trying to figure out the cause of Charles's "apparition". As he says - "Why should eating a cheese thing for lunch make me see my deceased wife after dinner?"



Who died on Whit Monday?

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"


Mrs. Plummet. Old Mrs Plummet was rather deaf . . . Madam Arcati had to shout to make herself heard.



Before Elvira 'returned' to this mortal sphere she was playing backgammon with someone. To whom did she refer?

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"


Genghis Khan. Elvira described Genghis Khan as "... a very sweet old Oriental gentleman ...".



What is the name of Madam Arcati's 'control'?

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"


Daphne. Daphne was a young child when she 'passed over'. She had a fondness for Irving Berlin and non-rhyming nursery-rhymes.



Madam Arcati writes two sorts of books: "Rather whimsical children's stories about enchanted woods filled with highly conversational flora and fauna, and _________________."?

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"


enthusiastic biographies of minor royalties. The hero of Madam Arcati's latest book is a moss beetle . . .



Charles couldn't have the Vicar and his wife at the seance "... because (a) they're dreary and (b) they __________."?

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"


probably wouldn't have approved at all. Naturally Doctor Bradman and his wife would be far more likely to participate in a seance than the disapproving, dreary Vicar . . .



"Blithe Spirit" opened in London on 2 July, 1941. Who played the role of Madam Arcati during this production?

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"


Margaret Rutherford.. Madam Arcati was originally written as a small role for a rather eccentric female friend of Coward's. However, as the role grew in stature the part was given to a more 'seasoned' actor: Margaret Rutherfold, who could have been born to play the peculiar Madam A! Gertrude Lawrence partnered Coward for a lot of his earlier musical works. Fay Compton played Ruth in the original production. Mildred Natwick played Madam Arcati in the original American production.



Noel Coward once described "Blithe Spirit" as being "Very gay, superficial comedy about a ______."?

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"


ghost. As taken from Coward's diary for Apr 22 1941. He also felt that the play "...may be good."