The Ghost of the River House Author:Max Bush Play script. An eleven-year old girl denied her wish to go fishing with her father and brother. With her wise Grampa, she embarks on a search for the lost family fortune, and encounters a Ghost, and, ultimately herself. It is autumn now, in a ruined house near a river. Cast of 2 F, 3 M (one of whom plays a memory). Approximate running time: 50 m... more »inutes.
Eleven-year old Jenny chases after her father, brother, and grandfather, hoping to go fishing with them. Her father refuses to allow her on this all-male trek, and leaves Jenny, hurt and confused beside the ruin of an old house, all that's left of the old homestead. Grampa George stays with Jenny, and they explore the old place. An ancestral Ghost protects dark family secrets, a Ghost of a beautiful young woman In a wedding dress. Jenny meets the ghost, and aided by her Grandfather, struggles to understand a past that echoes still within herself and her difficult relationship with her father. Fascinating theatre for children and adults alike, from an important playwright.« less