The Turn of the Screw adapted by Jack Neary from the novella by Henry James
GENRE
Classic Thriller
LENGTH
Full-length, 100-110 minutes
CAST
4 females, 3 males
SET
Unit set.
NOTES
Adult language
Isolated in a sprawling manor in 19th century England, a governess is hired to watch a precocious young brother and sister in this haunting adaptation of Henry James' classic novella. Though the governess bonds with the children at first, she quickly begins to suspect something is wrong when she sees the grotesque figures of the former governess and caretaker of the manor -- both of whom are supposedly deceased. Is she seeing actual ghosts, or merely figments of her imagination? Fearing for her life and sanity, the governess begins an investigation to find out what happened to her predecessors and who else knows of their presence.
"...an evening's worth of startles, spine-tingles and a climax of absolute horror. Be prepared to be scared."
Rebecca Stevens, Birgit Huppuch, and Seth Olsen in The Turn of the Screw, New Century Theatre at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (2006). Photo: Bill Hughes
