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Noel Coward's flamboyant wit has ensured that many of his stage plays, despite being based on humor that was clearly of a specific era, and often featuring his performance as one of the attractions, have remained in regular production over the years. They include "Blithe Spirit" and "Private Lives". He is also remembered for his songs, such as "Mad Dogs and Englishmen".
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Noel Coward Trivia Questions
1. Noel Coward once described "Blithe Spirit" as being "Very gay, superficial comedy about a ______."?

From Quiz Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"

Answer: ghost

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

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

From Quiz Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"

Answer: 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.

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

From Quiz Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"

Answer: 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 . . .

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

From Quiz Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"

Answer: enthusiastic biographies of minor royalties

The hero of Madam Arcati's latest book is a moss beetle . . .

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

From Quiz Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"

Answer: Daphne

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

6. Who died on Whit Monday?

From Quiz Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"

Answer: Mrs. Plummet

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

7. What accompanied the lemon sole with lunch?

From Quiz Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"

Answer: 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?"

8. What did Lady Mackinley send to the Condomines from Burma?

From Quiz Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"

Answer: 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 . . .

9. What connects Madam Arcati with Edith?

From Quiz Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's "Improbable Farce"

Answer: 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!

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