The Woman in Black

After I turned in my paper and completed a class evaluation sheet, I headed out to Leicester Square to the TKTS ticker booth to buy a ticket for The Woman in Black play. By the time I got through the line the only ticket that was available was in row E in the Upper Circle, but it was only £7.50.

With my ticket safe in my wallet, I then went off to do a little a bit of shopping for people on my list. Then with presents in one hand and a bag of Jelly Bellies in the other, I went back to the Atlantic House for dinner before I went off to theater.

The Woman in Black is a thriller play that is at the Fortune Theater in Convent Garden and is across the street from the Drury Lane Theater. The play was adapted from the novel "The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story" by Susan Hill. It is scary. It is about a haunting experience that the man Arthur Kipps had when he was a young man when he was sent out to handle the estate and papers of a deceased client.

The play had only two actors, sans who ever plays the Woman in Black, the actor or actress anonymous, that reenact the story of the haunting. It got really creepy at some points. There would be screams from the ghost and then from the audience, which would laugh afterwards to relieve anymore fear they had left over from the screams. However after awhile I couldn't tell whether the screams where coming from the stage or from the audience. It was great. I have to admitt that I was a little scared walking back to the Atlantic House at 10:30 PM. The Tube was fine cause all of the people, however the number of people thin out when I got to Gloucester Road.

My seat wasn't that bad actually. The theater was quite small and intimate. Of course, because of the height and the fact that The Fortune theater is an old theater, it was a bit stuffy and hot. I had to break down and bought an ice cream during the intermission. If I was going to see the show again, however, I think I would like to have a seat either in the front few rows of the Dress Circle or somewhere in the middle of the Stalls. If anyone likes ghost stories, this is a great play to see. I would like to read the book.