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Having read Susan Hill's novel 'The Woman in Black' as well as studied Stephen Mallatratts adaptation for the stage, how effective is the ghost story genre on stage?
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Having read Susan Hill's novel 'The Woman in Black' as well as studied Stephen Mallatratts adaptation for the stage, how effective is the ghost story genre on stage? "You must know at least one ghost story, stepfather, everyone knows one....." And he was right Thousands ands, even millions of ghost stories have been written over the years. How many were successful? How many, sent a chill down your spine? A good ghost story usually contains many conventions and similarities. I will discuss some of these and see how they fit into 'The Woman in Black' and other such ghost stories. I will also be discussing how the stage adaptation of 'The Woman in Black' was successful within the ghost story genre and what was used on stage to help with the originality and frightening aspect of the play. Without this ghost story convention the storylines would never progress. The main character...
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