The volume includes A New Kind of Drama, To a Young Stage Designer and six other of Jones's reflections.

    Written in 1941, Blithe Spirit remained the longest-running comedy in British Theatre for years. Plotted around the central role of one of Coward's best loved characters, a medium Madame Arcati (originally played by Margaret Rutherford). Coward's play is a spirited charade about a man with 2 wives, one dead and another alive.

    Everywhere are crowds of people wearing swastikas, and tanks and armored cars throng the streets. The Nazis have taken over the city, and Jews like Marta and her father must flee for their lives.Will they be stopped at the gate? Will they be arrested on the train?Fearful and uncertain, Marta finally slumps down in the compartment on the train. Then the door opens and two strange men enter..."