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Gothic Ghost Stories

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Gothic Ghost Stories

by Lindsay Price

A modern adaptation of Victorian ghost stories.

 About 75 minutes
Act 1: 40 minutes, Act 2: 35 minutes

Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks


 49
17 M | 25 W | 7 Any Gender


Simple set


 66 pages

Drama Classical Adaptation Mystery
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Murdered twins. A gypsy lost heart. Evil in the painting. A girl and her mother frozen to death. These are a few of the Gothic ghosts whose stories are dying to be told in this creepy character-filled adaptation. Walk through the open window and join them by the dying fire light won’t you?

This modern adaptation of Victorian ghost stories is fabulous for a class project or late October production. Large cast staging options offered, and ghoulish make-up opportunities abound!

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