11 Ghost Stories - Reader's Theatre Scripts

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” —Hamlet.

Included in the Eleven Ghost Stories Readers’ Theatre Unit:

11 Spooky Stories/Scripts
1-The Flayed Hand = 7 characters - 6 pages

2-Ghost of Buckstown Inn = 4 characters - 5 pages

3-The Burglar’s Ghost = 2 Major characters - 3 Supporting characters - 12 pages

4-Mrs. Davenport’s Ghost = 3 characters - 6 pages

5-The Phantom Hag = 4 characters - 4 pages

6-Sandy’s Ghost = 3 characters - 6 pages

7-How David Caught the Ghost = 5 characters - 6 pages

8-Grandmother’s Ghost Story = 5 characters - 6 pages

9-A Fight with a Ghost = 2 major characters - 4 supporting characters - 11 pages

10-The Old Mansion = 2 characters - 5 pages

11-The Dead Woman’s Photograph = 3 characters - 5 pages

Bonus Story: Edgar Alan Poe’s The Black Cat which has not been adapted into the reader’s theatre format. It is read by one reader. It was included in the collection so I left it in but did not adapt it. 9 pages - 1 character
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11 Ghost Stories synopsis:
This anthology captures the essence of ghostly encounters, eerie experiences, and the enigmatic presence of spirits. The storis contained were written in the late 19th century. No dates were provided. The collection promises various ghostly narratives that blur the lines of reality and the supernatural, enticing readers with suspense and intrigue. Your reader’s will hear about such supernatural spectacles as a ghost helping a police officer solve a crime; a medium who creates fake seances gets too close to his next spectral subject; A ghost terrorizes a vacationing family and only the local doctor can solve the case; a ghost tells a miner where he buried his treasure before he died; and a photographer takes a picture of a woman resting in a coffin, but when he develops the pictures he sees a mysterious object on the photo. The family wants the photos, but the photographer refuses to hand the pictures over. I hope you and your students enjoy reading these 11 Ghost Stories!

I hope you, and your students enjoy reading 11 Ghost Stories, and continue to do so for many years.

Excelsior!
Mr. Marvel: The King of Reader’s Theatre