Questions tagged [the-woman-in-black]
Questions related to Susan Hill's novella "The Woman in Black" (1983) or Stephen Mallatratt's stage adaptation.
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Why is Spider silent?
Sound is a major defining component of The Woman in Black: many of the imaginary and semi-present elements of the performance get explicit sound cues. They're a diegetic conceit of the framing device, ...
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Why is the Actor Kipps, and Kipps the Actor?
The stage directions for Mallatratt's The Woman in Black indicate that the middle-aged man, "whose name is Kipps, will not be referred to as 'Kipps' but as 'Actor'--even though he clearly isn't one," ...
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