Department of English Language
& Literature
Fu Jen Catholic University
presents
A comedy in
three acts.
Director: Pr.
Cecilia Liu
Date: 18 / 19
/ 20 December, 1997
Place: CFL Theater
of Fu-Jen University
Admission Free
About
the play
Cast
| Summary | Production
Crew
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Introduction
to the Play
(in
order of appearance)
Edith........................................Joanne
Shieh Á¨ÎÅt
Ruth Condomine...................
Eliza Lin ªLªé©É
Charles Condomine.............
Kevin Chen ³¯«ä§»
Dr. Bradman..........................
Sean Yeh ¸¬¯¦÷
Mrs. Bradman........................
Nancy Lin ªL²Q®S
Madame Arcati......................
Julia Shieh Á¨Øæ¢
Elvira.......................................
Belinda Ma °¨°û¦p
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Introduction
to the Play
It's a simple story.
Ruth and Charles Condom'me are entertaining Dr. and Mrs. Bradman at dinner
at their house 'in Kent, and have invited Madame Arctii to hold a seance.
During the seance, Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the ghost of Charles'
first wife, Elvira, who turns out to be a lustrously sensuous and beautiful
woman bent on mischief. Ruth Condomine is not amused, and in fact is furious.
She demands that Madame Arcati get rid of the capricious ghost, But Madame
Arcati has no idea how she got Elvira there in the first place. When
Elvira tampers with Charles' car, which Ruth drives, Charles ends up with
two ghostly shrews.
At the close of
the play, with the help of Madame Arcati and Edith, Ruth and Elvira gradually
dematerialize. But can Charles free himself from his wives?
Will they leave him forever? |
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The
action of this play takes place in the living
room
of Charles Condomine's house in Kent.
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Act I
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Scene 1. Before
dinner on a summer evening.
Scene 2. After dinner. |
Act II
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Scene 1. The next
morning.
Scene 2. Late the
following afternoon.
Scene 3. Early evening.
A few days later. |
Act III
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Scene 1. After dinner.
A few days later.
Scene 2. Several
hours later. |
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Act
I
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Ruth and Charles Condomine,
a novelist, prepare for a seance which is to furnish material for his next
book. While waiting, Ruth jealously questions her husband about his
first wife, who died seven years ago. The guests arrive: Dr. and
Mrs. Bradman, and the medium, Madame Arcati. After dinner, Madame
Arcati prepares to summon her contact, a child who died long ago.
The seance, through thrilling and funny, seems to be fruitless. Then,
after their guests leave, Elvira, Charles’ first wife, appears-- audible
and visible only to Charles.
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Act
II
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At breakfast the next
morning, Ruth and Charles are bickering. To prove his sanity, Charles
asks Elvira to move some objects around. At last Ruth realizes that
Elvira is there. Later she summons Madame Arcati to exorcise Elvira,
but the medium admits that she is unable to get rid of her and leaves in
a huff when Ruth angrily reveals the motive of inviting her the night before.
A few days later, both Charles and the maid are injured by accidents which,
Ruth suspects, are caused by Elvira. When Elvira hears that Ruth
has driven off, she panics; expecting Charles to be the next driver of
the car, she has tampered with it. The telephone rings, and Charles
is informed that Ruth has been killed in a car accident. The act
ends with Ruth’s return-- as a ghost.
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Act
III
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A few days later, Madame
Arcati calls on Charles and offers a formula to dematerialize Elvira, but
it does not work. Some hours later, Madame Arcati shakes the crystal
ball, sees a white bandage, and understands the situation when Edith, the
hypnotized servant, appears: she possessed the psychic power to materialize
the wives. With the help of Madame Arcati and Edith, Ruth and Elvira
gradually dematerialize. But can Charles free himself from his wives?
Will they leave him forever?
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