Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the book by Susan Hill
Directed by
George H. Brown
Featuring: John Wayne Shafer &
Ashley Wood
October 6 - November 13
Previews: 7:30pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (October 6,7,8) $10
Opening: 7:30pm Pre-show spirits & nibbles; 8:30pm Performance $25
Regular show times: Thursdays ($15), Fridays ($20) at 7:30pm
Saturdays at 4:00pm ($15) & 8:30pm ($20)
There will not be a matinee on October 9
Tickets for students and seniors are also half price on Saturday matinees. Circle Theatre accepts Tandy Vouchers & Bell Helicopter Coupons. Star-Telegram Press Pass-holders can purchase up to two half-price tickets per pass for Friday evening performances. (The Press Pass must be mentioned when making a reservation in order to qualify for the half-price discount.)
News and Reviews
The Show
Arthur Kipps;a middle-aged solicitor, hires a theatre and the services of a professional actor to help him re-enact - and thereby hopefully exorcise - a ghostly event which befell him many years previously with horrifyingly tragic results. From the cluttered stage, Kipps begins to read his story: painfully, self-consciously and hesitantly at first, but, coached by the actor and aided by theatrical artifice, he grows in confidence and ability as he assumes a variety of roles and the play moves from narration to enactment. The actor portrays the young Kipps, sent north by his London firm to settle the estate of an elderly recluse, the late Mrs. Drablow, in whose isolated marshland house Kipps encounters, the Woman In Black. This spectre, seeking vengeance for the death of her young child, attaches herself to Kipps and unleashes a macabre sequence of events which culminate in a truly chilling twist in the play's final moments. Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of the original novel by Susan Hill was triumphantly staged in Scarborough, subsequently enjoyed an extended run in the West End, and is now enjoying an extended run in London's theatre district.The Crew
Seth Johnston (Stage Manager)Barbara C. Cox (Costume Design)
John Leach (Light Design)
George H. Brown (Sound Design)
Bill Newberry (Set Design)
Reviews
"Really gripping ghost stories on stage are all too few and far between, so all credit to Stephen Mallatratt... There may be better ghost stories around in print, but I can't think of one that has been so carefully developed for the stage ..."International Herald Tribune
"...a brilliantly effective spine-chiller without a trace of self-mocking absurdity... the narrative is gripping. What strikes me is how well the novel adapts to the stage."
The Guardian
"As a stage entertainment, The Woman in Black is as immaculate an example of the gothic horror story as you could wish for, building to its climax with the slow, purposeful precision of an Edwardian time-piece."
City Limits
Scenes - Photography by George H. Brown
