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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I'd love to see The Woman In Black as a play.
I have seen Let The Right One In and Dracula as plays. Dracula had sets and costumes designed by Edward Gorey and it was the neatest play I've ever seen. The sets were actually sketches and the costumes, props and furniture were all black, white and gray, with a rare touch of red (say, a single rose in a vase). Here's an image from the play:
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The flared top of Dracula's cape dates from the time when it was first performed as a play. Thin strings were attached to it so that the actor could drop through a trapdoor an instant before the cape would fall to the floor thus making it seem like Dracula had vanished into thin air. I can imagine it must have been a spooky effect in a darkened theater.