The Castle Spectre: A Dramatic Romance (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Castle Spectre: A Dramatic Romance His prayer was heard. With arms and bosom bare, Eyes flashing fire, loose robes, and streaming hair, Her heart all anguish, and her soul all flame. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




The Castle Spectre (Esprios Classics)


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The Castle Spectre is a 1797 dramatic romance in five acts by Matthew "Monk" Lewis. It is a Gothic drama set in medieval Conway, Wales. The Castle Spectre was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 14 December 1797. The original cast included William Barrymore, Richard Wroughton, Charles Kemble, John Palmer, James Aickin, William Dowton, Jane Powell and Dorothea Jordan. In a period when very few plays reached ten performances in a season, it was staged forty-seven times before June, when the theatre closed for the summer. The play had a long run also in the following year and remained in the repertoire until the late 1820s, and was revived until the end of the century.




The Castle Spectre


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The Castle Spectre was first performed at Drury Lane Theatre in London in 1797 and quickly became a dramatic standard during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Lewis' Gothic play was one of the first to combine the action on stage with both music and special effects in order to evoke an emotional overload from theatre-goers. It was quite common, according to contemporary accounts, for members of the audience to pass out from fright during performances of The Castle Spectre. The Playwright, Matthew Lewis, was one of the originators of early Literary Gothic with his novel, The Monk. This edition includes the text of the original five-act play, a condensed three-act version, biographies of the original performers, newspaper adverts, contemporary reviews and critiques, the original musical score, and a critical introduction.




The Castle Spectre


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The Castle Spectre 1798


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F. PHIL. Nonsense! nonsense!--Why, pr'ythee, Alice, do you think that your Lady's ghost would get up at night only to sing Lullaby for your amusement?--Besides, how should a spirit, which is nothing but air, play upon an instrument of material wood and cat gut?







The Castle Spectre


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This drama paints before the reader's eye some very lively characters. The author has depicted deeply loving characters that turn into passionate villains. The changes that are brought on by deep despair are successfully portrayed. Engrossing!




The Castle Spectre (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)


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This drama paints before the reader's eye some very lively characters. The author has depicted deeply loving characters that turn into passionate villains. The changes that are brought on by deep despair are successfully portrayed. Engrossing!




The Castle Spectre


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This drama paints before the reader's eye some very lively characters. The author has depicted deeply loving characters that turn into passionate villains. The changes that are brought on by deep despair are successfully portrayed. Engrossing!




The Castle Spectre


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