Editing Blithe Spirit (play) (section)

===Television===
An American television adaptation was broadcast in 1946, with [[Philip Tonge]] as Charles, [[Carol Goodner]] as Ruth, [[Leonora Corbett]] as Elvira, [[Estelle Winwood]] as Madame Arcati and Doreen Lang reprising the role of Edith.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310769/?ref_=fn_al_tt_5  "Blithe Spirit"], IMDb, retrieved 19 March 2014</ref> In Britain, [[BBC television]] broadcast a production in 1948, directed by [[George More O'Ferrall]], with [[Frank Lawton]] as Charles, Marian Spencer as Ruth, [[Betty Ann Davies]] as Elvira and Beryl Measor reprising her stage role of Madame Arcati.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713124651/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b8bd30ff1 "Blithe Spirit"], British Film Institute, retrieved 19 March 2014</ref> On 14 January 1956 Coward directed [[Blithe Spirit (1956 film)|a live American television adaptation]] for the ''[[Ford Star Jubilee]]'' series, in which he also starred as Charles, with [[Claudette Colbert]] as Ruth, [[Lauren Bacall]] as Elvira and [[Mildred Natwick]] as Madame Arcati.<ref>Lesley, pp. 348–349</ref> A British commercial television adaptation in 1964 was directed by [[Joan Kemp-Welch]], with [[Griffith Jones (actor)|Griffith Jones]] as Charles, [[Helen Cherry]] as Ruth, [[Joanna Dunham]] as Elvira and [[Hattie Jacques]] as Madame Arcati.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140319175003/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7f516d13 A Choice of Coward No 2 – Blithe Spirit], British Film Institute, retrieved 19 March 2014</ref> Another American television TV production was presented in 1966 on ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'', with [[Dirk Bogarde]] as Charles, [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]] as Ruth, [[Rosemary Harris]] as Elvira and [[Ruth Gordon]] as Madame Arcati.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292454/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 "Blithe Spirit"], IMDb, retrieved 19 March 2014</ref>