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Spooky tales retold at abbey
Friday 18th June, 2010 - Newstead Abbey
Spooky tales retold at abbey
TALES OF TERROR
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Spines will tingle at Newstead Abbey when a theatre company arrives at the historic building.

After its sell-out success with The Masque Of The Red Death, Walsall-based The Happiness Patrol continues its mission to reinvent classic texts.

This time they have chosen Tales Of Terror, a selection of English, American and Japanese ghost stories from some acknowledged masters of the macabre.

They will be retold at Newstead on Friday, June 18, at 7pm as part of an extensive regional tour before a year-long visit to Melbourne.

One of the stories is How He Left The Hotel by Louisa Baldwin (1895) when a retired soldier, now a lift operator, is startled by an unexpected passenger. Louisa was one of Rudyard Kipling’s aunts and the mother of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.

The other stories are There Was A Man Dwelt By A Churchyard by MR James (1924), In A Cup Of Tea by Lafcadio Hearn (1902) and The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe (1843).

Tales of Terror is based on original commissions by Lichfield Festival and York Archaeological Trust.

Tickets are available from Newstead Abbey. The show is suitable for anyone aged 12 and over.

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