The Uninvited: A Play in Three Acts

By Tim Kelly

Seeking to escape the demands of life in London, Pam Fitzgerald and her brother, Roddy, an aspiring playwright, discover a charming house in the west of England, overlooking the Irish Sea. The house, Cliff End, has long been empty, and they are able to purchase it at a suspiciously low price from crusty Commander Brooke, the village curmudgeon. The reason is soon apparent: The house has an unsavory reputation. Fifteen years earlier a murder may or may not have occurred by the gnarled tree that can be viewed from the parlor window.

Slowly the Fitzgeralds begin to sense the evil spirit that still inhabits the house, announcing its presence with a sudden, bone-chilling cold. Their housekeeper's cat will not enter the nursery, where the sound of a weeping woman adds to the tense atmosphere, and the scent of a flowery, exotic perfume called mimosa comes and goes. The village doctor, the local gossip, and a former governess visit, with strange stories of the beautiful Mary Meredith, who once lived in the house. The action then builds steadily to a truly terrifying climax, in which the ghost is discovered to be not only real but dangerous.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822211963
• ISBN13: 9780822211969
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Dramatist's Play Service
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Read the act and see what is possible.

You will want a copy of “The Uninvited- A Play in Three Acts.” Watch the movie “The Uninvited” (1944), based on the book “Uneasy Freehold” by Dorothy Macardle. Now that you have watched the movie, which changed the story somewhat for viewing, and you have read the book to see the source, now it is time to slow down and read the play. If you are lucky, the play will appear in your area.