THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
by Oscar Wilde
20 - 24 November 07
Seeing is believing...
Canterville Chase is haunted. Everybody knows that, and nobody (not even Lord Canterville himself) would live there. Nobody that is, until Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, and his family decide to dismiss Lord Canterville's warnings and move in. Needless to say, Sir Simon de Canterville is unimpressed. He has been dead for 400 years, and has never in his brilliant career of haunting had he came across such a disrespectful family. The ultimate clash of cultures soon erupts, and it appears to be a battle to the death... But can Virginia, Hiram Otis' only daughter save the Canterville Ghost? Death, love and humour combine in Wilde's classic story of a very American family living with a very English ghost.This autumn, seeing is believing...