Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit

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An expert at chilling the spine and curdling the blood, Edith Nesbit relates three of her best Gothic tales while recalling her own childhood terrors. In The Shadow, a repressed housekeeper encounters an abominable entity, while in The Pavilion the shadow of a long-dead necromancer envelops a social gathering. Finally, a deranged young woman harbours a deadly secret in a rediscovered story called A Strange Experience.

Following the success of The Masks of Aphra Behn, Claire Louise Amias returns with this gripping insight into the darker side of Edith Nesbit, author of The Railway Children. Renowned horror expert Jonathan Rigby directs this chilling one-woman show.

★★★★ West End Best Friend
‘A dazzling display of versatility … a must-see.’

★★★★ Reviews Hub
‘Frightening … Amias plays Nesbit brilliantly.’

★★★★ London Theatre 1
‘Deliciously creepy … Highly recommended.’

WINNER 2024 Hamilton Deane Award

Following the show

Q & A with actor Claire Louise Amias and publisher Raymond Russell

After the show Claire will talk with Raymond Russell of Tartarus Press about Nesbit’s weird tales, their importance in Gothic literature, and why both of them felt the need to bring them to light again – creating a stage show in Claire’s case and republishing Nesbit’s short stories, some of them for the first time since the 19th century, in Raymond’s. From the Dead: Dark Tales – a new anthology of Nesbit’s horror stories – was published by Tartarus early this year.

Tartarus have also provided the prizes for the short story competition organised by Claire’s company A Monkey With Cymbals, which you can find out about here:

https://www.amonkeywithcymbals.co.uk/writing-competition