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The Canterville Ghost (Kelly)

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  14w, 6m

Tim Kelly

Adapted by Tim Kelly from the Oscar Wilde story

An average American family acquires historic old Canterville Chase - complete with ghost! Sir Simon, the sporting spirit, succeeds in making life miserable. Then the Americans strike back. Pam and Wendy, daughters of the new owners, attack the poor ghost with cans of hairspray and deodorant...

The Canterville Ghost (Kelly)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    14w, 6m
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Literature), Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
An average American family acquires historic old Canterville Chase - complete with ghost! Sir Simon, the sporting spirit, succeeds in making life miserable. Then the Americans strike back. Pam and Wendy, daughters of the new owners, attack the poor ghost with cans of hairspray and deodorant! Sir Simon feels this is hardly fair, so he enlists the aid of some friends: Hester the Horrid, Lady Joan the Graveless, the Vampire Duchess, and other things that go bump in the night. Life is hectic and fantastically funny around Canterville Chase until the real solution to the problem of the galloping ghost is discovered.
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups

JENNIE - a maid at Canterville Chase. 
MRS. UMNEY - the housekeeper. 
LADY CANTERVILLE - the former owner. 
WEEDS - the gardener. 
PAM - American teenager.
WENDY - her sister. 
MRS. OTIS (LUCY) - new owner of Canterville Chase. 
MR. OTIS (HORACE) - her husband. 
VIRGINIA - Lucy's younger sister. 
SIR SIMON - "The Canterville Ghost."
VICAR - village clergyman. 
LORD CECIL - Lady Canterville's nephew. 
MRS. DAMPIER - vicar's wife. 
MADAM BALAKLAVA - a "psychic researcher."
MARTIN THE MANIAC - a ghost. 
HESTER THE HORRID - another ghost. 
LADY JOAN THE GRAVELESS - a ghost, too. 
VAMPIRE DUCHESS - still another ghost. 
MRS. MIDWINTER - a villager. 
MRS. MUSGRAVE - another villager. 

  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting An old English manor house. The present. 
  • Duration 75 Minutes

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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Tim Kelly

Tim Kelly
Kelly was born in Saugus, Massachusetts on October 2, 1932. He graduated from Emerson College with a bachelor's degree and received a masters degree in play-writing from Yale University. His first stage play was Widow's Walk, published in the 1960s. At the same time, three of ...
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