It is currently the second longest-running play in the history of the West End, after Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap". This original production has been live on stage in the West End of London for over 25 years, and also on tour in Britain. The production was so successful that it transferred to London's West End two years later in January 1989. Stephen Mallatratt's play of The Woman in Black started off modestly, as a low budget production for the new 1987 Christmas play, in Scarborough, the home town of the novel's author, Susan Hill. Apparently over 7 million theatregoers have seen the play, which has been translated into at least 12 languages and is constantly on tour world-wide. If, for you, a story of terror is not a story of the slasher variety, but one where the fear and suspense is built up in your own mind - your own imagination - you will enjoy this play just as countless others have. It is an adaptation which qualifies as a reworking, with startlingly effective staging. This is a review of the almost equally famous stage play, which Stephen Mallatratt has adapted from Susan Hill's novella. Yes, of course, The Woman in Black is a superb ghost story by Susan Hill.
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