Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy

"The ghost of a willful and vicious young woman, Melany Horsemanden, haunts a house in colonial Virginia. When, years later, another young girl named Melany settles in the house and attracts a lover, the spirit of the deceased woman intervenes to frustrate their courtship. Ultimately, only the power of love can overcome the vampire-like powers of the undead."- - Description by Peter Haining, in "A Century of Ghost Novels 1900 - 2000" (Appendix to his book, The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories)

National Theatre, direction Rapley Theatre Company, Edmund Plohn, manager, Katherine Cornell presents "Herod and Mariamne," a play by Clemence Dane, adapted from the German classic by Frederick Hebbel, with Fritz Kortner, McKay Morris, Florence Reed, Kent Smith, directed by Guthrie McClintic, production designed by Harry Horner, costumes designed by Valentina, incidental music by Karol Rathhaus.

David Almond turns his talents to drama in these two plays. Skellig is the dramatization of his highly acclaimed novel. What has Michael found in the derelict garage? What is this creature that lies in the darkness? Is it human, or a strange beast never seen before? And what will happen in the world when he carries it out into the light? Wild Girl, Wild Boy is an original play produced in London by the Pop-Up Theatre company. Young Elaine has recently lost her father, and now she spends her days dreaming in the family's garden, skipping school, unable to read or write. One day, Elaine conjures up a Wild Boy from spells and fairy seed. No one else can see him, and Elaine disappears into a world of fantasy where she and Wild Boy remember the teachings of her father. Will her mother ever come to understand? These two plays introduce a new talent from the remarkable David Almond.

Tiresomely overwritten and precious. 0/10 would not recommend