
Blithe Spirit
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- 1945
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(2.00 / 1 vote)NOEL COWARD:
We are quite, quite wrong!Once upon a time,
there was a charming country house,
in which lived a very happily married couple.
- Edith, you know the cocktail shaker?
- Yessum.
Well, l want you to fill two of those long-stemmed
glasses from it and bring them up here.
And, Edith, as you're not in the Navy,
it's unnecessary to do everything at the double.
And, Edith, when you're serving dinner,
try to remember to do it calmly and methodically.
- Yessum.
- Now, go and get the cocktails.
- Not at a run, Edith.
- Yessum.
What do you suppose induced Agnes
to leave us and go and get married?
The reason was becoming
increasingly obvious, dear.
Yes, we must keep Edith in the house more.
- Oh, dear.
- What's the matter?
- l have an idea this evening's going to be awful.
- l think it'll be funny, but not awful.
Why did you ask the Bradmans, darling?
He's as sceptical as we are.
- He'll probably say the most dreadful things.
- l warned him.
There had to be more than three of us
and the vicar and his wife are a) dreary
and b) wouldn't have approved at all.
You must promise not to catch my eye. lf
l giggle, and l'm very likely to, it'll ruin everything.
You mustn't. You must be dead serious
and, if possible, a little intense.
We can't hurt the old girl's feelings,
however funny she is.
(Horn)
That was her.
Oh. That's her, is it?
l've seen her in the village several times.
She certainly is a strange woman.
The vicar told me he saw her up on the knoll
on Midsummer Eve dressed in lndian robes.
She's been a professional in London for years.
lt's funny. l mean, to think of people
doing it as a profession.
l believe it's very lucrative.
- What is Mr Condomine getting out of her?
- Material for his book, a mystery story.
To The Unseen.
l must say, that's a wonderful title.
lf this evening's a success,
l shall write the first draft tomorrow.
Was Elvira a help to you,
when you were thinking something out?
Poor Elvira.
lf l died before you'd grown tired of me,
l wonder if you'd forget me so soon?
- What a horrible thing to say.
- l think it's interesting.
l haven't forgotten Elvira.
l remember her very distinctly indeed.
l remember how fascinating she was
and how maddening.
l remember her gay charm when she'd achieved
her own way and her acidity when she didn't.
l remember her physical attractiveness,
which was tremendous,
and her spiritual integrity, which was nil.
Was she more physically attractive than l am?
That's a very tiresome question
and fully deserves the wrong answer.
- You really are very sweet.
- Thank you.
- And a little naive, too.
- Why?
Because you imagine that l mind about Elvira
being more physically attractive than l am.
- l love you, my love.
- l know you do.
But not the wildest stretch of the imagination
could describe it as the first careless rapture.
- Would you like it to be?
- Good heavens, no.
Wasn't that a shade too vehement?
We're neither of us adolescent, Charles, or have
led prim lives. We've both been married before.
A careless rapture would be incongruous
and embarrassing.
l hope l haven't been a disappointment.
Don't be so idiotic.
Your first husband was older than you.
l wouldn't like you to miss out all along the line.
There are moments, Charles,
when you go too far.
Sorry, darling.
lf l died, l wonder how long it would be
before you married again.
You won't die. You're not the dying sort.
- Neither was Elvira.
- She was, now l come to think of it.
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