Selecting a Ghost (play 2024)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Selecting a Ghost is a British play, written and directed by Phil Cheadle, performed by Two Lines Productions & BirdGang Ltd. at Stanley Arts (London, UK) from 6 to 9 november 2024, starring Edward Bennett as Silas D'Odds and Jade Williams as Matilda D'Odds.
Join Silas and Matilda D’Odds, supernatural enthusiasts eager to move into their new home, Goresthorpe Grange—a Medieval fortress brimming with history, featuring its own dungeon and ancient keep. But as they settle into their eerie new estate, they soon realize something is missing, sparking a strange and spooky obsession that will take you on an amusingly unnerving journey.
This is an adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle's short story Selecting a Ghost (1883).
Cast
- Silas D'Odds : Edward Bennett
- Matilda D'Odds : Jade Williams
- Ghost #1 : Kenji Matsunaga aka Tengu
- Ghost #2 : Laura Braid aka Starling
- Ghost #3 : Ben Ajose-Cutting
- Ghost #4 : Nora Nouche Hoffmann
Crew
- Director : Phil Cheadle
- Playwright : Phil Cheadle
- Movement Architect : Kendra 'Kro' Horsburgh
- Designer : Elliot Squire
- Costume Designer : Alice McNicholas
- Sound Designer : Harry Miller
- Lighting Designer : Kory Trantum
- Producer : Lydia Wharf
- Production Manager : Joni Faconer
- Stage Manager : Yse Beal
