Blithe Spirit review: The play's the thing in a fine Noël Coward revival
Gielgud, LondonAngela Lansbury is back on a London stage after nearly 40 years, but her presence has a faintly distorting effectGood as it is to see Angela Lansbury back on a London stage after nearly 40 years, her presence has a faintly distorting effect on an otherwise fine revival of Noël Coward's "improbable farce". It is Lansbury's image that dominates the posters and publicity, but Coward's 1941 play is not …