Whispers of Whitby Playscripts

14 short scripts for schools and drama clubs

Contents
The Lamp in the Ruins
The Lost Bells
The Barghests Shadow
The Phantom Coach
Draculas Whitby
Caedmons Gift
The Echo of Humpty Dumptys Grave
The Giant Wades Legacy
The Bridge of Promises
The Wailing Widow
The Black Dog of Whitby
The Haunted Graveyard
The Shipwreck Spirit
The Abbeys Hidden Treasure
 
The Lamp in the Ruins — Short Playscript
Cast: Narrator, Maya, Samir, Eloise, Barghest (voice)
Props/SFX suggested: lantern, simple arches/steps, blue cloth for sea, small chest; wind/sea/bells/hooves as needed.

Stage: A simple arch (Whitby Abbey), a small table/altar with an old book (Bible), lantern. Sound: wind, thunder.
Narrator: High above Whitby, storm winds howled through the Abbey’s broken arches.
Maya: (entering, soaked) We’ll be safe inside—quick!
Samir: (shivering) Safe? It looks like a skeleton of a church.
Eloise: (calm, clutching satchel) Stay close.
Narrator: A flash of lightning revealed a cracked stone altar—and an old Bible resting upon it.
Maya: Who would leave this here?
Samir: Maybe it belongs to a ghost. Let’s not touch—
Eloise: (opens the Bible) Psalm one nineteen… one‑oh‑five. I know this.
Eloise: (reading, strong) “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
Narrator: The words glowed, spilling golden light across the floor, revealing a safe path between fallen stones.
Barghest (voice): (low growl from offstage) Rrrrr…
Samir: (panicking) The Barghest! I told you—
Maya: (steady) Eloise—keep reading!
Eloise: (raising the Bible) “Your word is a lamp…”
Narrator: The golden light swelled; the growl faded like steam in wind.
Barghest (voice): (hiss, then silence)
Maya: Follow the light—careful!
Narrator: Step by shining step, the children crossed the ruin, through the storm—to safety.
Samir: (relieved) We’re out.
Eloise: God’s word lit the path—just as it promised.