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Emily Bronte, Teenage Necromancer

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  8w, 4m plus ensemble

Don Zolidis

A gothic, hilarious ride through English literature that needs magic, ghosts, and fog, featuring an undead goose, a lovesick ghost, and a talking meat pudding.

Emily Bronte, Teenage Necromancer

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w, 4m plus ensemble
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller, Parody/Spoof
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Teen (Age 14-18)
Emily Bronte, Teenage Necromancer

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Summary

1835. Northern England. The moors. A terrifying phantom has appeared at the Roe Head School for Girls, terrorizing its students and driving the school near to extinction. It‘s up to star pupil Emily Brontë, and her sisters Anne and Charlotte, to discern the true nature of the haunting, using their unique talents—which happen to include necromancy. A gothic, hilarious ride through English literature that needs magic, ghosts, and fog, featuring an undead goose, a lovesick ghost, and a talking meat pudding.  

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Performing Groups

EMILY BRONTЁ – 17 
ANNE BRONTЁ – 15 
CHARLOTTE BRONTЁ – 19, a teacher at the school. 
MARIA BRANWELL – Their mother, later a ghost. 
HEADMISTRESS MARGARET WOOLTON – 50s 
SEAMUS – Groundskeeper, any age. 
The Older Girls: 
GEORGINA PIERCE – 17 
ELIZABETH BRIGHTON – 15 
BRITTANY COOK – 16 
DONNA O‘CONNELL – 17 
The Younger Children
ELTON 
MARISOL 
THOMAS 
MARGOT 
DRIP 
BOUNCER 
CLIFF – Early teens, a vagabond child, a ghost. 
GEORGE WADSWORTH – 20, a suitor to Charlotte, possessed of a very small fortune.
MEAT PUDDING/MR. JACOBY – A spirit trapped in a meat pudding. 
THE PHANTOM OF ROE HEAD – A ghost. 
JOHN PIERCE – A ghost. 
Other GHOSTS

  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting

    The Roe Head School for Girls and its environs. 1835.

  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 90 minutes

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Don Zolidis

Don Zolidis

Don Zolidis, one of the most-produced playwrights in the world, is a former middle school and high school theater teacher. His 140+ published plays have been produced over 25,000 times, appearing in all 50 states, every Canadian province, and more than 80 countries around the ...

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