Editing Blithe Spirit (play) (section)

===Radio===
American radio adaptations were transmitted in 1944 ([[NBC]], with [[Ronald Colman]], [[Loretta Young]] and [[Edna Best]]), 1947 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], with Clifton Webb, [[Leonora Corbett]] and Mildred Natwick), and 1952 (NBC, with [[John Loder (actor)|John Loder]] and Mildred Natwick).<ref>Mander and Mitchenson, p. 377</ref>

[[BBC Radio]]'s first adaptation was broadcast in 1954, with [[Michael Denison]] (Charles), [[Thelma Scott]] (Ruth), [[Dulcie Gray]] (Elvira) and [[Winifred Oughton]] (Madame Arcati).<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/f5e212e6f9f543ff923b2d0be33c82b0 "Curtain Up"], BBC Genome. Retrieved 2 November 2022</ref> A second version with Denison and Gray was broadcast in 1972, with [[Gudrun Ure]] as Ruth and [[Sylvia Coleridge]] as Madame Arcati.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/409671ee015d4f629d5ce1f6fb6f14f0 "The Christmas Play: Blithe Spirit"], BBC Genome. Retrieved 2 November 2022</ref> A 1983 version featured [[Paul Eddington]] as Charles, [[Julia McKenzie]] as Ruth, [[Anna Massey]] as Elvira and [[Peggy Mount]] as Madame Arcati.<ref>"Radio", ''The Times'', 27 December 1983, p. 17</ref> The short-lived British commercial radio station [[Oneword]] presented a 2002 adaptation co-produced with and subsequently released on CD by [[Naxos (company)|Naxos Audio Books]]. The director was [[Sheridan Morley]] and the cast was led by [[Corin Redgrave]] (Charles), [[Kika Markham]] (Ruth), [[Joanna Lumley]] (Elvira) and [[Thelma Ruby]] (Madame Arcati).<ref>Notes to Naxos Audio CD set NA 226312D (2002), {{oclc| 51025166}}</ref> A 2008 BBC Radio adaptation featured [[Roger Allam]] as Charles, [[Hermione Gulliford]] as Ruth, Zoe Waites as Elvira and [[Maggie Steed]] as Madame Arcati.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b01ghlgw " Noel Coward - Blithe Spirit"]. BBC Genome. Retrieved 2 November 2022</ref> In December 2014 an adaptation of the play featured cast members of ''[[The Archers]]'' in a supposed amateur production.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/51/blithe-spirit "Afternoon Drama: ''Blithe Spirit''"], BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 29 December 2014</ref>