Blithe Spirit

I have been reading Noel Coward’s Blithe spirit for the next project and I was surprised to find it is based around Folkestone Kent, which is where I live! Folkestone is a “nothing ever happens there” so I was shocked to find out its where the play is based it made me think I should look into the history of folkestone much more as perhaps it hasn’t always been such a dire place 

The play is set in 40’s and although I would like to switch up the era and theme of the play for designing, I also felt I should research the era to give me an idea of Coward’s mindset during these times. I looked into World War 2 and the devastations that were caused. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in particular inspired me to honour these tragedies by adding elements into the characterisation & designing of the costumes.