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Fortune Theatre Russell Street WC2B 5HH		The Woman in Black
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Show Details Preview 7th Jun 89 Opens 7th Jun 89 Booking to 20th Dec 08 Show Times Monday - Saturday 8.00 pm Matinée Tuesday 3.00 pm Matinée Saturday 4.00 pm Local Info Top Class restaurants nearby; Laureate (Chinese) 64 Shaftesbury Avenue 020 7437 5088 Mint Leaf (Indian) Suffolk Place 020 7930 9020 Tiger Tiger (European) 29 Haymarket 020 7930 1885 Ask Tiger Tiger about ticket & meal deals for this show Book Now Great Hotel Deals This link takes you straight to the online booking page for this actual show! The Londontown online hotel booking service is the best one - backed by men and women on the phone who guide you to get the best central hotel for your needs and offer great deals as well. We use them ourselves. Taxis & Travel Contact us This links you to the taxi page of Transport for London.		Susan Hill's novel 'The Woman in Black' was written as a play by Stephen Mallatratt and has been a phenomenal and deserved success. It is a simple story told by two men on the stage. The reason for it's success is not only the brilliant acting lighting and script - it is also because the actors call upon the audience to participate with their own imaginations.  It is unlike anything else on stage at present leaving the audience shaken and stirred. It is not in itself a horror story - but a story in which fear runs riot with the emotions and delivers horror and chills in plenty.  It is a testament to the power of imagination in that this classic ghost story has been running in the West End for nigh on twenty years.  "And so, imagine if you would, this stage an island, this aisle a causeway running like a ribbon between the gaunt grey house and the land" Stephen Mallatrat The Story A lawyer's clerk travels to a lonely manor house to sort out the affairs of a major client of his firm who died with her affairs awry. He attends the funeral and notices a harrowing looking woman in black hovering at the funeral. Upon asking the locals who she was he started to get a sense of unease as they all refused to talk about her.  His discomfort increased when he went to the house unaware of the tragedies of the house's past occupants. There were strange things about the house and it's ambience locked door behind which a chair continually rocked. The story is told by the young clerk as a much older man who had been unable to get the experience out of his mind.  Reminiscent of the 'Ancient Mariner' he unfolded the story to an actor whom he hired as an advisor on how to tell the tale to release him of his discomfort.  The audience being very much a part of this gripping exposition all lend their own silent fear and fascination to the atmosphere. The sheer skill of the players and support is worth going to see - the story will scare you and haunt you.  This too is woven into the story. The Cast • Arthur Kipps - Sean Baker (understudy - Clive Marlowe)  •  The Actor - Ben Porter  (understudy - Gordon Cowell) • Director- Robert Herford  • Designer - Michael Holt  •  Lighting - Kevin Sleep  •  Sound - Caroline Stroud  •  Stage Management - Teg  Davies / Fay Mansfield / Joshua Sills
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