I always have to make it to at least one bookstore on vacation! Chapter One in Idaho was a great stop!
I always have to make it to at least one bookstore on vacation! Chapter One in Idaho was a great stop!
Awesome tour today of the #noelcoward room at the coward archive offices. complete with the gent's instrument. #theatreasliterature #playwright #hautestyle
Quick and witty. The gender politics are a bit outdated, but if you like sort of screwball comedies of the same era (1920s-'40s), you should enjoy these plays. Private Lives is probably the strongest of the bunch in terms of character and plot, but Hay Fever was my favorite with all of its zany family.
"We have no reliable guarantee that the after life will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?"
So far I am finding Blithe Spirit to be utterly delightful. There is going to be a seance! (I get to see it performed in a couple weeks, too. So excited! ?)
The local theater group is doing Blithe Spirit for their Halloween play. I remembered I had picked up a free copy back in college, but never got around to reading it. This is getting bumped up in my the queue now, though, because ghosts. 👻