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The Turn of the Screw

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 1m, 1girl(s), 1boy(s), 1 any gender (adult)

Ken Whitmore, Henry James

Miss Grey, a new governess is determined to save the children from destruction and damnation of the ghosts of the former valet and governess.

The Turn of the Screw

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 1m, 1girl(s), 1boy(s), 1 any gender (adult)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Literature), Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

Shortly after Miss Grey, a governess, arrives at Bly to take charge of Flora and Miles she sees the ghosts of the former valet and governess; it is the children they want. She determines to save the children from destruction and damnation at the hands of these "devils", but her courageous efforts are not enough to save little Miles from tragedy.

History
The Turn of the Screw was first presented at the Coliseum Theatre, Oldham, on 6 November 1982.
Cast Attributes
Keywords

FLORA – aged 8
MISS GREY – 20
MILES – 10
MRS GROSE – 50
MR CRIMOND – 35
QUINT – 35
MISS JESSEL – 28

The parts of Mr Crimond and Quint may be doubled.

M1 or 2 (35) F3 (20s, 50) 1 boy (12) 1 girl (10)

  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting

    A sitting-room/hall

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Henry James

Henry James
Henry James was born in New York City on April 15, 1843. His father insisted on a European education for his children, so throughout the 1850s the family traveled to Geneva, London, Paris, and Bonn, where the children were privately educated by tutors. They returned to Americ ...
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