Madame Arcati appears in which Noel Coward play?
"autobiography. Rutherford made her first appearance in London's West End in 1933, but her talent was not recognised by the critics until her performance as Miss Prism in John Gielgud's production of ""The Importance of Being Earnest"" at the Globe Theatre in 1939. In 1941 Noël Coward's ""Blithe Spirit"" opened on the London stage at the Piccadilly Theatre, with Coward himself directing. Rutherford received rave reviews from audiences and critics alike for her lusty portrayal of the bumbling medium Madame Arcati, a role which Coward had earlier envisaged for her. The theatre critic Kenneth Tynan once famously said of her"
"at the Morosco Theatre in a production staged by John C. Wilson and designed by Stewart Chaney. In the cast were Clifton Webb as Charles, Peggy Wood as Ruth, Leonora Corbett as Elvira and Mildred Natwick as Madame Arcati. The play transferred to the Booth Theatre on 18 May 1942; it ran for a total of 657 performances. Coward starred as Charles in a wartime UK touring company, beginning in September 1942, with Joyce Carey as Ruth, Judy Campbell as Elvira and Molly Johnson as Madame Arcati. Dennis Price covered for Coward when the latter was taken ill. Another wartime"
"as Madame Arcati, with Bob Fosse as director. Coward's dream cast failed to materialize, but he continued with the project. The musical opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on April 7, 1964, and closed on February 27, 1965, after 375 performances and 14 previews. Gower Champion aided Coward in directing the musical. The cast featured Edward Woodward as Charles, Tammy Grimes as Elvira, Louise Troy as Ruth, Beatrice Lillie as Madame Arcati, and Carol Arthur as Edith. Christopher Walken, billed as Ronnie Walken was in the chorus. Fred Werner was music director, scenic and costumes design were by Robert"
"role in ""Coronation Street"". She was made an OBE in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours. Cole was born in Solihull, Warwickshire, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School from 1958 to 1960 and went on to consolidate her acting skills in repertory theatres around the United Kingdom. She made her stage debut at the age of seventeen playing the eccentric, elderly medium Madame Arcati in Noël Coward's ""Blithe Spirit"". At the age of 63 she returned to the same role when the play was revived at the West End's Savoy Theatre in 2004. One of Cole's most recognised"
"Marti Stevens as Elvira, Jan Waters as Ruth, and Cicely Courtneidge as Madame Arcati. A London cast album was released by Pye Records, for whom Coward himself also recorded four numbers from the show: ""Something Tells Me"", ""If I Gave You"", ""Forever and a Day"", and ""Home Sweet Heaven"".In 1964, Courtneidge accepted the role of Madame Arcati in the London production of ""High Spirits"". This was an unhappy episode in her career. Coward himself co-directed, and the two clashed constantly in rehearsal. Courtneidge later said, ""Everyone ""does"" adore him – me included – but he's ""hell"" to work with, and"
"Ring"" at the Earl's Court Exhibition Theatre. She made her London West End debut in ""Turandot"" at the St James's Theatre in 1913, following which she appeared in many West End productions. In the theatre, she became one of Noël Coward's ""leading ladies"" appearing in several of his plays, in particular, ""Cavalcade"" in 1931. In September 1936 she played the leading role in the play ""Laura Garnett"", by Leslie and Sewell Stokes, at the Arts Theatre Club, London and played the lead role of the victim in Agatha Christie's 1945 play ""Appointment with Death"". In 1960, she appeared in Noël"
"missing a lot."" The work in radio kept her busy, and included appearances in a Canadian radio production of the popular comic strip ""Buck Rogers"", as well as a morning show, ""Good morning Breakfast Club."" These were in the 1930s. It was in the 1940s that her stage career really took off. Favorite roles she mentioned frequently in interviews included Madam Arcati in Noel Coward's ""Blithe Spirit"" (she played in at least four different productions of it), Madam Alvarez in ""Gigi"", Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's ""The Importance of Being Earnest,"" and the Bernard Shaw drama, ""Arms and the Man"""
"on to star in the film version in 1973. The last of his plays in which she performed on stage was ""Old Times"" (1971) as Anna. She played Lady Macbeth to Paul Scofield's Macbeth for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967, directed by Sir Peter Hall. Merchant took the role of Madame in the Greenwich Theatre revival of Jean Genet's ""The Maids"" partnering Glenda Jackson and Susannah York: This was filmed in 1974 by Christopher Miles. In 1975, Merchant and Timothy Dalton headed the cast of a revival of Noël Coward's ""The Vortex"" at the Greenwich Theatre. Merchant was the"
"Since September 2005, the theatre has been owned by Delfont-Mackintosh Ltd. It underwent major refurbishment in 2006, and was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre when it re-opened for the London premiere of ""Avenue Q"" on 1 June 2006. Noël Coward, one of Britain's greatest playwrights and actors, appeared in his own play, ""I'll Leave It To You"", at the then New Theatre in 1920, the first West End production of one of his plays. The theatre seats 872 patrons on four levels. The building is now a Grade II Listed structure. After opening in 1903 with a production of ""Rosemary"""
"as Elvira and Margaret Rutherford as Madame Arcati. An American television adaptation was broadcast in 1946, with Philip Tonge as Charles, Carol Goodner as Ruth, Leonora Corbett as Elvira and Estelle Winwood as Madame Arcati. 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. Coward directed a 14 January 1956, live American television adaptation for the ""Ford Star Jubilee"" series, in which he also starred as Charles, with Claudette Colbert as"
"the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End with an official opening night of 16 February 2016 following previews from 9 February. The majority of the cast reprised their roles with the exceptions of Mark Hadfield, who was replaced in the role of Arthur by former EastEnders actor Jamie Foreman, Graham Hoadly who was replaced (owing to a prior contractual commitment) in the role of Lord Cromer by Robert Hands and Jane Milligan who was replaced in the role of Lady Conway by Liz Ewing. Mrs Henderson Presents Mrs Henderson Presents is a 2005 British biographical film written by American"
"and all ends happily. Lady Windermere never learns that Mrs Erlynne is her mother. In his book ""My Life with Noël Coward"", Graham Payn reproduced the lyrics for two major numbers featuring Mrs Erlynne which had to be cut because Mary Ellis could not manage them: Mrs Erlynne's entrance in Act I and an aria in the first act finale. After the original run, there has been only one professional revival in the West End, a 1999 Coward centenary production at the Peacock Theatre, London, conducted by John McGlinn. Casts of the original production and the revival are given below."
"the Albery Theatre (subsequently renamed the Noël Coward Theatre). Duncan won the Olivier Award for her performance, Tim Hatley won for his set designs, and Jenny Beavan won for costumes. A Broadway transfer of Davies's West End production, starring Rickman and Duncan, ran for 127 performances at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2002. It won the Tony Award for Best Revival, while Duncan won for Leading Actress and Hatley won for sets. In 2009 at its new home, the Hampstead Theatre presented a revival directed by Lucy Bailey, with Jasper Britton as Elyot and Claire Price as Amanda. A 2010"
"Alice"", in which she co-starred with John Gielgud and which won her the first of her three Tony Awards. She returned to the RSC at the Aldwych to repeat her role. She worked with Peter Brook in Paris and also toured Iran with ""Orghast"", Brook's attempt to develop an international theatre language. She joined the National Theatre at the Old Vic in 1968 to play Jocasta in Peter Brook's production of Seneca's ""Oedipus"", again opposite Gielgud. She was proud to have been in Noël Coward's last play ""Suite in Three Keys"", in which he himself made his last appearance on"
"""Overdrawn at the Memory Bank"", ""Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner"" and ""Charlie Grant's War"". In 1994, he acted in drag as Mrs. White in a Toronto production of John Wimbs and Christopher Richards' play ""Molly Wood"". In 1998, he played Noël Coward in a production of Linda Griffiths' play ""The Duchess"" at Theatre Passe Muraille. He played Truman Capote, both in a Toronto stage production of the play ""Tru"" in 1996 and in the film ""54"". In recent years, he has acted in several of Guy Maddin's films, including ""Cowards Bend the Knee"", ""The Saddest Music in the World"", ""Keyhole"","
"the show, revised by Strachan, was toured in the UK in spring 2011, starring Dillie Keane and Kit and The Widow, with Stuart Neal and Savannah Stevenson. It included unpublished material and excerpts from Coward's diaries and memoirs, as well as the songs and scenes. Charles Spencer in ""The Daily Telegraph"" wrote, ""This loving tribute to Noël Coward … now revised for a smaller cast ... is a classy delight … from Dillie Keane's hilariously hooting, rubber-legged drunk-act during 'I've Been to a Marvellous Party' ... to Kit Hesketh-Harvey's amazing hip-swivelling during the Latin American number 'Nina'."" From Mermaid Theatre"
"Coward Theatre included in the cast Lindsay Duncan as Judith, Jeremy Northam as Richard, Kevin McNally as David, Olivia Colman as Myra, Sam Callis as Sandy, Freddie Fox as Simon, Amy Morgan as Jackie, Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Sorrel, and Jenny Galloway as Clara. 2014 revivals included one at the Stratford Festival, in Canada, with Lucy Peacock as Judith, Cynthia Dale as Myra, and Tyrone Savage as Sandy; and a UK tour with Felicity Kendal as Judith, Simon Shepherd as David, Sara Stewart as Myra, Celeste Dodwell as Jackie, and Alice Orr-Ewing as Sorrel. A UK television production in 1960 in"
"performing in ""The Circle"" for Mirror Theater and appeared opposite Carroll Baker, Oprah Winfrey, and Elizabeth McGovern in ""Native Son"" (1986). Page followed up Native Son with a lead role opposite Mary Stuart Masterson in ""My Little Girl"" (1987). In the fall of 1986, Page asked permission to return to Broadway in a revival of Noël Coward's ""Blithe Spirit"" in the role of Madame Arcati. She was cast in the role, though the production would be Page's last. She was again nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, though she did not win. A week after"
"role in the 1998 ITV serial ""Coming Home"". Keith has regularly appeared on stage, taking the classics and new plays across the country. These include Shakespeare, Shaw, Sheridan, Wilde, Rattigan and Congreve. She played Lorraine in Noël Coward's ""Star Quality"", while in 2004 she played Madame Arcati in Coward's ""Blithe Spirit"" at the Savoy Theatre. In 2004, Keith starred in the first of 5 full-cast BBC radio dramatisations of M.C. Beaton's ""Agatha Raisin"" novels, playing the title role. Two years later, she appeared at the Chichester Festival in the premiere of Richard Everett's comedy ""Entertaining Angels"", which she later took"
"Cavalcade (play) Cavalcade is a play by Noël Coward with songs by Coward and others. It focuses on three decades in the life of the Marryots, a quintessential British family, and their servants, beginning in 1900 and ends on New Year's Eve in 1929 and is set against major historical events of the period, including the Relief of Mafeking; the death of Queen Victoria; the sinking of the Titanic; and the First World War. The popular songs at the time of each event were interwoven into the score. The play was premièred in London in 1931 at the large Theatre"
"""The Best Man"" (2005), ""Miss Potter"" (2006) and ""1st Night"" (2010). In the West End, she has appeared for the R.S.C. in ""The Return of A.J. Raffles"", as Larita in Noël Coward's ""Easy Virtue"" at The Garrick, she was in the original cast of ""Don't Dress for Dinner"" at The Apollo, ""Home and Beauty"" at the Lyric and ""Top People"" at the Ambassadors Theatre. How has also played Lady Punnett in the highly successful Half A Sixpence which opened in the Noel Coward Theatre on 17 November 2016 and had its last performance on Saturday 2 September 2017 after 347"
"Marcia Warren Marcia Warren (born 26 November 1943) is an English stage, film and television actress. On stage, she appeared in ""Blithe Spirit"" as Madame Arcati, and ""The Sea"" (2008) at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. She is a two time Olivier Award winner. Warren trained as an actress at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 1963. From there on she took the path of many of her performing contemporaries, acting in repertory throughout the country - beginning as an assistant stage manager in ""David Copperfield"" in Salisbury. From 2013 to 2016, she played the role of"
"has directed several plays in the West End and on Broadway. Her production of ""The 39 Steps"", which ran in London for nine years, also played three years on Broadway and won Olivier and Tony Awards. In 2011, she directed Frank Langella in ""Man and Boy"" on Broadway. She is a Visiting Lecturer at Yale, NYU and Juilliard drama schools. Her extensive acting career includes leading roles at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and in the West End. She has played more Noël Coward leads than any other actress. Her film career includes appearances in ""Doctor Faustus"""
"that capacity for more than forty years, until her death. In 1920, at the age of 20, Coward starred in his own play, the light comedy ""I'll Leave It to You"". After a tryout in Manchester, it opened in London at the New Theatre (renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in 2006), his first full-length play in the West End. Neville Cardus's praise in ""The Manchester Guardian"" was grudging. Notices for the London production were mixed, but encouraging. ""The Observer"" commented, ""Mr Coward... has a sense of comedy, and if he can overcome a tendency to smartness, he will probably produce"
"as Ruth, Christine Ebersole as Elvira, Angela Lansbury as Madame Arcati and Simon Jones as Dr Bradman. ""The New York Times"" found the revival somewhat uneven, calling the opening performance ""bumpy"", but praised Lansbury's performance. Sharrock directed a revival of her production of the play, which started as a UK tour and then moved to the Apollo Theatre, London. It ran there from March to June 2011, with a cast including Robert Bathurst as Charles, Hermione Norris as Ruth, Ruthie Henshall as Elvira and Alison Steadman as Madame Arcati. A West End production, directed by Blakemore, opened at the Gielgud"
"is considerably assisted by Miss Gertrude Lawrence and Miss Alison Leggatt as dowdy shrew and shrew's mama. Miss Moya Nugent, as the dreadful daughter, bravely mutilates her appearance in order to look every inch the adenoid."" The Broadway openings for the three parts took place on 24 November 1936, 27 November 1936 (including ""Fumed Oak"") and 30 November 1936 at the National Theatre, again starring Coward and Lawrence. ""Star Chamber"" was not included. The London and New York runs were limited only by Coward's boredom at long engagements. Major productions of parts of the cycle were revived in 1948 and"
"England"" as among Coward's ten most popular songs. Operette (musical) Operette is a musical in two acts composed, written and produced by Noël Coward. The show is a period piece, set in the year 1906 at the fictional ""Jubilee"" theatre. The story concerns an ageing Viennese operetta star, who warns the young ingenue not to marry a nobleman. The piece premiered in 1938. Coward's attempt to follow up the mittel-European nostalgia of his hit operetta ""Bitter Sweet"" (1929) was not a success and ran for only 132 performances. It nevertheless contained songs that endured, in Coward's cabaret act and elsewhere,"
"Elaine Delmar, Una Stubbs, Jonathan Cecil, Peter Gale, Anna Sharkey, Geoffrey Burridge, Laurel Ford, Tudor Davies and Olivia Breeze. The musical director was John Burrows. After its run in London, the show toured the UK with different cast members. It has since been produced by amateur groups. Also in 1972, a revue on similar lines, ""Oh, Coward!,"" played in New York at the New Theatre, achieving 294 performances. A recording of the original London production of ""Cowardy Custard"" was made by RCA. The production also spawned a book called ""Cowardy Custard: The World of Noël Coward"". A new version of"
"Coordinator at Playwrights Horizons in the mid-1970s, beginning with ""Demons: A Possession"" by Robert Karmon. She made her Off-Broadway acting debut in ""Cowboy Pictures"" in June 1974. She has since appeared in over three dozen Off-Broadway productions. In 2015, she appeared in the Women's Project Theater production of ""Dear Elizabeth"" by Sarah Ruhl and as Rose Kennedy in the Nora's Playhouse production of ""Rose"" by Laurence Leamer. Chalfant was nominated for her official Broadway debut role at the 1993 Tony Awards for Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in Tony Kushner's """". She earned the Outer Circle Critics, Drama Desk,"
"starring Coward, Gertrude Lawrence, Adrianne Allen and Laurence Olivier. A Broadway production followed in 1931, and the play has been revived at least a half dozen times each in the West End and on Broadway. The leading roles have attracted a wide range of actors; among those who have succeeded Coward as Elyot are Robert Stephens, Richard Burton, Alan Rickman and Matthew Macfadyen, and successors to Lawrence as Amanda have included Tallulah Bankhead, Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie Smith, Kim Cattrall, Penelope Keith and Lindsay Duncan. Directors of new productions have included John Gielgud, Howard Davies and Richard Eyre. The play was"
"was given a short production at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York, with Daniel Gerroll, who also directed, as Charles, Patricia Kalember as Ruth, Twiggy as Elvira and Dana Ivey as Madame Arcati. The piece was back in the West End at the Savoy Theatre in 2004, in a production directed by Thea Sharrock, starring Aden Gillett as Charles, Joanna Riding as Ruth, Amanda Drew as Elvira and Penelope Keith (succeeded by Stephanie Cole) as Madame Arcati. A Broadway revival played in 2009 at the Shubert Theatre. Michael Blakemore directed, with Rupert Everett as Charles, Jayne Atkinson"
"and it was really a very very good basis for a light comedy."" Mountbatten, in mock indignation, called it ""a bare-faced parody of our lives, with Gertie Lawrence playing Lady Maureen Gilpin and Noël Coward playing me. Absolutely outrageous...!"" In the introduction to his collected plays Coward states: The Broadway openings for the three parts took place on 24 November 1936 (including ""Hands Across the Sea""), 27 November 1936 and 30 November 1936 at the National Theatre, again starring Coward and Lawrence. All of the plays were included except ""Star Chamber"". The London and New York runs were limited only"
"the second series of ""Hotel Babylon"". Also in 2007 he appeared on radio as Noël Coward in the ""Afternoon Play"" of 4 May 2007, ""The Master and Mrs Tucker"" by Roy Apps, which told of Coward's friendship with Edith Nesbit (played by Ann Bell). In 2008, he appeared in HBO's ""John Adams"" as Jonathan Sewall, Massachusetts's Attorney General, as Mr Collins in ""Lost in Austen"", and in Series 7, Episode 4 of ""Spooks"". In 2009 he appeared in ""Margaret"" and in ""Lewis"" (Series 4, Episode 1). Also in 2009 he appeared in several episodes of Ricky Gervais' BBC comedy ""Extras"""