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Selecting a Ghost

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The D’Odds have everything…a manor house, antiques, wealth…but no ghost! All of their friends have ghosts, so they are determined to get one, too. They hire someone to conduct a seance and interview several ghosts. A rather unusual and fun comedy by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Suggested cast of 26-32 members. Preview script.

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By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted by Carmella Gates

Setting: Goresthorpe Grange, a English feudal mansion in the late 1800’s

Cast of characters:

Silas D’Odd—owner of Goresthorpe Grange
Matilda D’Odd—his wife
Watkins—butler
Cook
Two Maids
Gardener
Portraits:
Lady in gown
Crusader
Couple dressed in wedding clothes
Stocky man dressed like a lord
Person on horse
Mr. and Mrs. Jorrocks—dinner guests
Mr. and Mrs. Coventry—dinner guests
Mr. and Mrs. Alistair-Hughes III—dinner guests
Jack Brocket—Matilda’s cousin and a businessman
Mr. Abrahams—a medium of questionable repute
Ghosts:
Banshee
Cavalier
Old Hag
Boy and Girl
Murdering Pirate
Zombie
Forlorn woman
Scotland Yard Detectives (1 to 4)
Inspector Holmes
Inspector Watson
Inspector Poirot
Inspector Tracy

Pages

27

Males

19

Females

14

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