The Haunted Bride
- Production company:
- Rumpus Theatre Company
- Location:
- Matcham Auditorium
- Age restriction:
- 12+
- Duration:
- 120 minutes
- Warning:
- Although the overall tone of the production is theatrically spooky, there is one instance, theatrically enacted, of domestic violence
The Haunted Bride is a spine-chilling play by John Goodrum based on the delectably eerie tale To Be Read At Dusk by Charles Dickens
When they set off for their honeymoon in Italy, Thomas Manning is happy and carefree, but his young bride Clara is troubled ... troubled by a dream, troubled by the dream of a face, three times dreamt in the nights leading up to her wedding. Amid the shadowy rooms and moonstruck gardens of the peeling, overgrown palazzo where they are to spend the next few weeks, the intangible dread that haunts her reaches its terrifying climax.
5 Stars
'Intense ... we are drawn slowly but inexorably into the strange pattern of events'WhatsOnStage
5 Stars
'Impressive … fantastic ... the audience jumped out of their skin … a great night out'The Public Reviews
5 Stars
'A good evening’s entertainment'This Is Derbyshire
5 Stars
'A masterclass ... brilliant'Derbyshire Times