The Ghost Train
by Arnold Ridley


Synopsis
Mystery/Thriller Arnold Ridley Characters: 7 male, 4 female Interior Set A long running success in London and on Broadway and packed with thrills, chills and laughter.
In Maine near the Canadian border there's a legend of a phantom locomotive sweeping through a peaceful village leaving death in its wake.
Rum and narcotic runners use this and the villagers' superstition to their advantage but a not as incompetent as he seems detective clears up the mystery of the sp
Characters
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Julia Price an attractive, blonde young woman, probably in her late twenties. |
Elsie Winthrop a slender, dark-haired girl in her late twenties. |
Peggy Murdock a slender, dark-haired girl in her early twenties. |
Teddie Deakin a silly-ass, foppish Englishman, in his mid-thirties, with a tiny moustache and slightly thin hair. |
Saul Hodgkin a middle-aged, rather heavy-set man of about fifty years, with iron-grey hear and almost white chin whiskers, his face heavily lined. |
Richard Winthrop a slender, brown-haired, well set up man of about forty; smooth face. |
Charles Murdock a well set up young man in his early twenties; smooth face, fair hair and complexion. |
Herbert Price a tall, slender man of about fifty; fair, bald-headed, and with a light brown moustache. |
John Sterling a well set up man of about forty; smooth face, dark, with very dark hair. |
Jackson a stocky man of about forty; fair, brown hair, smooth face. |
Two Officers middle-aged men. |
Miss Bourne a severe, spinster type of woman; raw-boned and angular; dark hair; dresses somewhat mannishly; about 50 years of age. |
Publication
The Ghost Train is a American mystery play written by Arnold Ridley and published by Samuel French (2010).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle.
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