Arthur returns to the house in a state of panic. Arthur listens helplessly as the pony and trap get stuck in the mire and its occupants, including a young child, are drowned. It soon becomes apparent that the pony and trap are in trouble, and he hears it drive off the causeway onto the marsh. Before he gets there, he hears the sound of a pony and trap on the causeway.Īssuming that it is Keckwick returning, he turns back into the fog. He tries to return across the causeway on foot in the fog, but quickly becomes lost and is forced to retrace his steps to Eel Marsh House. Later that day, a thick fog settles on the marsh, cutting Arthur off from the mainland. He also finds an old cemetery outside the house, where he again encounters the Woman in Black. Drablow's papers and is amazed to find out how many there are. Arthur spends the day sorting through Mrs. To Arthur's delight, Keckwick drives Arthur in an old-fashioned pony and trap out to the house. The local man, a villager named Keckwick, arrives a few moments later. Jerome's mood lifts and says that a local man will arrive shortly to escort Arthur to Mrs. Jerome is visibly uncomfortable and forces Arthur away from the church, insisting that there was no woman.

At first feeling sympathy for the young woman, who was apparently suffering from a wasting disease, he asks Mr.

Drablow's funeral together, where Arthur first sees the Woman in Black. The next morning, young Arthur meets with a local man enlisted to help him, Mr. Daily drops off Arthur at the local inn where he is to stay the night. Upon their arrival at Crythin Gifford, Mr. Samuel Daily, who tells him a little about Mrs. On the train, he meets a local landowner, Mr. He travels to Crythin Gifford to sort through her private papers. Young Kipps learns of the death of the elderly and reclusive widow, Mrs. After a debate, they agree to perform the story, with the Actor playing a younger Kipps, and Kipps himself playing all the other characters and narrating the play. A young actor, whom he hired to help dramatise the tale, enters and criticises him for his rigid delivery. In an empty Victorian theatre, an old Arthur Kipps is reading aloud from a manuscript of his story.

The production opened in London's West End in 1989 and performed there until 4 March 2023, becoming the second longest-running non-musical play in West End history, after The Mousetrap. It was first performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, in 1987. It is notable for only having three actors perform the whole play. The play is currently being produced by PW Productions, led by Peter Wilson. The play is based on the 1983 book of the same name by English author Susan Hill. The Woman in Black is a 1987 stage play, adapted by Stephen Mallatratt.

The woman in black by susan hill