An artist, gripped by the clutching fingers of a dead past; a scientist, defying nature in the dark realm of the senses; an expectant father driven mad by creeping shadows... In the unquiet, stygian darkness between life and death, a lone, haunted woman tells chilling tales of the macabre and uncanny, of love, loss, death and the darkness beyond, illuminating the curious frailties of human nature... The Victorian fascination with tales of mystery and the supernatural created an enduring legacy of Gothic fiction; but it is often the male writers that we remember. Today, Charles Dickens, M R James, Edgar Allen Poe and Sheridan Le Fanu continue to be celebrated, yet many of the brilliant, evocative, thrilling and eerie ghost stories created by the great and incredibly popular female writers of that era - Mary Shelley, George Eliot, M E Braddon, Edith Wharton, Edith Nesbit et al - have gathered dust and been forgotten. Until now... Duration: 1hr 15mins.| 28 Nov 13 | Sundial Theatre Cirencester, Gloucestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 21 Nov 13 | The Atkinson Southport, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 13 Nov 13 | West End Centre Aldershot, Hampshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 18 Oct 13 | Victoria Hall Settle, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 25 Sep 13 | Uppingham Theatre Uppingham, Leicestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 13 Sep 13 to 14 Sep 13 | Ellen Terry Theatre Tenterden, Kent Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 21 Mar 13 | The Hawth Crawley, West Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 15 Mar 13 to 16 Mar 13 | Burton Taylor Studio Oxford, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 27 Feb 13 to 28 Feb 13 | Theatre Royal Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 3 Aug 12 to 27 Aug 12 | Assembly Edinburgh Performance Details => Venue archive |
