Pittsburgh Current: In 1983, British novelist Susan Hill set her hand at writing a ghost story told in the Gothic style of bygone days. The result was The Woman in Black about a lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who once had to visit the isolated, remote home of a recently departed woman to go through her papers and close down the estate. But what happened instead was a sudden encounter with the supernatural. There were a lot of secrets in the creaky, corrupted old house and some with murderous consequences.
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I have never seen the 2012 movie Woman in Black starring Daniel Radcliffe, but I have heard that it is very well done and a great horror movie. I love ghost stories so I was very excited when I saw this article because I had no idea that the Woman in Black had been made into a play. I’m surprised that I’ve never heard about it, especially since it’s so popular in England and one of the longest running shows on the West End. I’m not sure how I feel about the minimal costumes and set choice but it sounds like the performances by the actors at PICT were really well done as well as the lighting and sound. I just wish they had done more with the set since there is so much to work with in a haunted house. I want to go see this show because I’m curious to see how they handle such a scary story in the form of a live theater experience.
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