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Contents

The Author — BackgtuÞd Information — The Plot
The Character
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T
          2
Blood in the Library                                                                p.
10

3
  The Ghost Appears

p. 12

4
  A Terrible Shock

p. 14

5
  A Plan Goes Wrong

p. 16

6 The Otis Ghost

18

 p.

7
  The Twins' Tricks

p. 20

8
  Virginia and the Ghost

p. 22

9
  Sir Simon's Secret

p. 24

10
  A Funeral and a
  Wedding

p. 26

Activities p. 29
Irregular Verbs & Word List                                                       p
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Play

THE AUTHOR
The Picture ofDorian Gray, in 1891
In 1892, he made
  his first venture very successful, and Oscar became No Importance (1893), An
  Ideal which were all very successful, too.
Oscar
  Wilde died in Paris on 30 watch his plays today, and his stories funny
  writer.

Oscar Fingal
  O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854. His mother was
  Lady Jane Francesca Wilde, a well-known poet and journalist, and his father
  was Sir William Wilde, a talented writer as well as a doctor. He had an older
  brother, William, and a younger sister, Isola.
Oscar was a very
  good student. He was clever, and he enjoyed writing. He studied at Trinity
  College, Dublin, and at Oxford University in England. When he finished
  university, Oscar moved to London, and wrote his first book of poetry in
  1881. He then became an art reviewer and he travelled to America, Canada and
  Paris and gave lectures on art. Oscar also wrote reviews and articles for
  magazines and newspapers. He later became the editor of a magazine.
In 1884, he met Constance
  Lloyd in London. They married and had two sons, Cyril and Vyvyan. It was for
  his sons that he wrote a collection of fairy tales called The Happy Prince
  and Other Tales in 1888. He wrote his first and only novel, and the next year
  he brought out more fairy tales.
into the theatre
  with his play Lady Windermere's Fan. It was quite rich. He wrote several
  other plays, including A Woman of
Husband (1895) and The Importance of
  Being Earnest (1895),
November 1900, at the
  age of 46. People still perform and are very popular. People remember him as
  a very clever,

BACKGROUND
INFORMATION
Oscar Wilde's
mother was ve int e ed in ancient Irish fairy tales an s this interest on to
Oscar. It is not surpri then, that he used to tell his two young
sons fairy tales and fantastic adventure stories to keep them happy. He
published many of them in a collection especially for his children. The
Canterville Ghost was the first of Oscar Wilde's short stories to be published,
in a magazine called Court & Society Review in 1887. It is
different from other ghost stories because it is a funny story and it
shows us that ghost stories do not have to be frightening.
Oscar Wilde travelled
to America many times and he used his experiences of meeting American
people and knowledge gained from his travels to create the Otis family in The
Canterville Ghost. He also used his experiences to highlight the many
cultural differences between Americans and English people in his story.
At the time it was published,
The Canterville Ghost was very popular, and even
today it is still a very popular story. It has been
made into a play, a TV series and a film many times. It is often
seen on television and in the theatre.
It has even been made into a musical! The story has been translated into
many languages and is enjoyed throughout the world by both adults and children.
$fHE PLOT
The Canterville Ghost
is set in the beautiful English countryside near an old town, Ascot, which is
famous for its horse racing. Here, in Canterville Chase, a beautiful old
country house, lives a 300-year-old ghost from an old English family. The ghost
is famous in the area and has frightened many people for years. He is proud of
being a very scary ghost. However, things soon change when an American family
comes to live in his house, and problems arise for the ghost right from the
start.
The previous
owner of Canterville Chase, Lord Canterville, warns the Otis family that an old
ghost lives there, but they are not worried, as they don't believe in ghosts.
The Canterville ghost tries to frighten the family. However, they are not
afraid at all. The young twin boys in the family play tricks on him and laugh
at him. Mr and Mrs Otis even try to help the ghost. They give him oil for his
noisy chains and medicine for his ghostly voice. The ghost is very upset and
depressed and he tries to think of other ways to scare them, but everything he
tries fails. The Canterville ghost is very sad but then one member of the Otis
family helps him in a way he never imagined.
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THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
is a frightening character. He likes
to scare people so much that they become ill. He gets very annoyed when people
are not afraid when they see him. When people trick him, he plans revenge.
Sometimes, he can be scared himself — of people and other ghosts. He is
actually very sad because he can't go to sleep.
VIRGINIA
is a very caring person. She gets
upset easily when she sees things that are sad or unfair. She likes to help
people when she sees they are unhappy. She is very brave, even when she is
going to meet the Angel of Death. When she gets married, she is very happy. She
is very good at keeping secrets.
MR OTIS
is a very straightforward man. He has
no imagination. At first, he doesn't believe in ghosts. However, when he sees
the ghost, he starts to believe in them. When things are broken, he finds an
easy way to fix them. He is fair, and he doesn't want to upset the ghost, as he
knows the ghost owned the house before the Otis family.
THE TWINS
are young boys. They like to whisper to each other and plan tricks to
play on people. When the tricks upset people, they think it's very funny. They
laugh a lot when people hurt themselves. They are quite clever and they are
good at making funny plans.
MRS OTIS
is a very healthy woman and she is
never ill. She is straightforward, like her husband. She hates her house to be
dirty and she is very upset when she sees blood on the floor. She loves her
family and she gets very worried when her daughter Virginia is missing. She is
very relieved and happy when Virginia comes back.
WASHINGTON OTIS
is very sensible. He can solve
problems very easily. He doesn't believe in ghosts. He thinks there is a simple
explanation for strange things. He loves his sister Virginia a lot. He is very
worried when his sister is missing and he spends hours trying to find her.
MRS LIMN EY

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a very organised lady. She works very hard at Canterville Chase. She believes
in the ghost and she is very frightened-of him. She is so scared that she
faints with fear. She is upset when the ghost dies and she wants to say goodbye
to him.
LORD CANTERVILLE
is a gentleman. He is very honest. He
tries to warn Mr Otis about his haunted house, even though he wants to sell it.
He even allows Virginia to keep jewels that belonged to his family a long time
ago, because the ghost wanted her to have them.
THE DUKE OF CHESHIRE
loves
Virginia very much. He is very happy when he marries Virginia and he doesn't
mind when he knows she is keeping a secret from him about the ghost. He is
happy that she loves him. He knows that he will love her forever.
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When the American Minister, Mr Hiram B
Otis, bought the large old-housè called Canterville Chase, everyone told
him that he was very foolish. Even Lord Cante file,who wanted to sell the
house, tried to tell Mr Otis that it was a mistake to buy it.
"l must be honest with you, Mr
Otis," said Lord Cante il There is something very strange about this
house. My family and I don't stay here very ofte
"But
what is so strange about the place?" aske Mr Otis.
"There is a ghost here," said
Lord Canterville " t visits anyone who lives or stays here. My poor old
aunt, the Dowager Duchess of Bolton, onc felt two hands on her shoulders as she
dressed for dinner. The hands were cold and hard, like the hands of a skeleton.
My poor aunt was very frightened. She became ill, and she never really got
better. That is why my family and I do not like to stay here any more."
"Did
anyone else see the ghost?" asked Mr Otis.
"The Reverend Augustus Dampier also
saw it," said Lord Canterville. "Dampier went to Cambridge
University, you know. He's very clever, and not the kind of man who imagines
things. " "No, of course not," said Mr Otis.
"After the terrible thing that happened to my dear aunt, most of our
servants left the house and didn't want to come back here to work. My poor
wife, Lady Canterville, could not sleep at night. She was frightened, and of
course, the strange noises that we hear in the halls and in the library make us
even more afraid."
"I'm not afraid," said Mr Otis. "l want to take the house,
and the ghost. I come from a modern country, where we have everything that
money can buy. There is nothing in Europe that we don't have in America. If
there were ghosts, we would have some, too, and there are no ghosts in America,
you know!"
Lord
Canterville smiled.
"I'm afraid that the ghost is real," he said. "It is more
than three hundred years old, for members of my family first saw it in 1584.
Shortly before any member of my family dies, the ghost appears. " Mr Otis
laughed.
"I'm
sorry," he said, "but I don't believe in ghosts. There is no such
thing!"
"Well," smiled Lord Canterville, "l hope you are happy in
the house, but you must remember that I warned you, and you did not listen to
me."

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Mr
Otis bought Canterville Chase, and a few weeks later, he moved into the house
with his family. Mr Otis' wife, Lucretia, was a handsome woman and was always
in good health. Their eldest son, whose name was Washington, was a fair-haired,
good-looking young man. His sister, Virginia, was fifteen. She was slim and
beautiful, with large blue eyes. After Virginia came the twins, who were lovely
little boys, but they liked to play tricks on people.
It
was a lovely July evening. The family enjoyed the evening sun as they travelled
towards the house. However, as they got near to Canterville Chase, the sky
became dark and big drops of rain began to fall.
An
old woman stood in front of the house. Her name was Mrs Umney, and she was the
housekeeper at Canterville Chase.
"Welcome to
Canterville Chase," she said. "l have tea ready for you in the
library."
The
family followed her through the large hall into the library. The library was a
long room with a large stained-glass window at one end. There was a dark red
stain on the floor near the fire.
"Something has been
spilt here," said Mrs Otis.
"Yes, madam,"
Mrs Umney said quietly. "That is blood. "
"How
horrible!" cried Mrs Otis. "l don't want blood on my floors!"
Mrs Umney smiled.
"That
is the blood of Lady Eleanore de Canterville. Her husband, Sir Simon de
Canterville, murdered her there in 1575. Sir Simon disappeared suddenly nine
years later. No one ever found his body, but his ghost haunts this house. No
one can clean the blood from the floor. "
"That's
silly!" cried Washington. "l can clean it up right now with
Pinkerton's Stain Remover!"
He
took a small black stick from his pocket and rubbed at the stain with it. The
blood quickly disappeared.
"You
see?" he cried. "l knew Pinkerton could do it!"
Just
then, a terrible flash of lightning lit up the room, and there was a loud crash
of thunder. Mrs Umney fell to the floor.
"What
terrible weather they have in this country!" said Mr Otis.
"My dear Hiram!" cried Mrs Otis. "What can we do with a
woman who faints?" "We can take money from her wages every time she
faints!" said Mr Otis.
When Mrs
Umney heard this, she sat up. She was very unhappy.
"You must not make the ghost angry, sir," she said.
"Terrible things happen in this house." But Mr Otis and his wife were
not afraid.
"We
don't believe in ghosts," they said. "But we would like some tea.
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The
storm continued all night long, but nothing strange happened, and the family
slept quite well. However, the next morning, when they came downstairs for
breakfast, they found the terrible stain on the library floor again.

"l
don't believe it!" said Washington. "It must be the ghost. "
He
rubbed at the stain a second time, but the next morning it appeared again. That
night, Mr Otis locked the library and took the key to bed with him, but the
stain was there again the next day. The whole family were now quite interested.
Even Mr Otis began to think that there might be a ghost at Canterville Chase,
and that night he became completely sure.
It was
a warm and sunny day, and in the evening, when it was cool, the family went out
for a drive. They came home at nine o'clock, and had a light supper. They
talked about famous actresses and actors, and about the foods they missed from
America that they could not get in England. They did not talk about ghosts at
all, and no one mentioned Sir Simon Canterville.
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At
eleven o'clock, the family went to bed. By half past eleven everyone was asleep
and the house was dark. But suddenly, a strange noise woke Mr Otis. The noise
came from the hall outside his bedroom and sounded like the clank of metal. Mr
Otis got up, lit a candle and looked at the clock. It was exactly one o'clock.
He felt very calm and was not at all worried. He could still hear the strange
noise, and now he could also hear footsteps. Mr Otis took a small bottle from
the table next to his bed. He opened his bedroom door and saw a terrible sight.
There was an old man in the hall with red eyes and long grey hair. His clothes
were old, dirty and torn, and there were chains around his wrists and ankles.
"My dear sir,"
said Mr Otis, "your chains are making a terrible noise. You really must
oil them. " He showed the man the small bottle.
"This is a bottle of
Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator, " he said. "It's just what you
need."
Mr
Otis put the bottle of oil on a table near the ghost, then went back into his
bedroom and fell asleep again.
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When
Mr Otis closed his bedroom door, the Canterville ghost stood still for a
minute. He was shocked. He could not believe his eyes or his ears. He picked up
the bottle of oil and threw it onto the floor. He ran down the hall, making a
terrible sound. However, as he got near the top of the stairs, a door opened,
and two little boys appeared. They laughed and whispered to each other.
Suddenly, they threw a large pillow at the ghost's head.
"Take that, you
silly ghost!" shouted the twins.
The
ghost disappeared from the hall in a flash of green light. The house became
quiet, and the twins went back to bed.
The
ghost found a quiet room in the house and stopped to think. He was very upset
and felt terribly insulted. How could these people be so rude to him? Why weren't
they afraid of him?
The
ghost was more than three hundred years old. He was terrible to look at and he
frightened everyone who saw him. The ghost thought of the Dowager Duchess, who
became ill after he put his hands on her shoulders. He thought of the four
servants who went mad when he smiled at them in one of the bedrooms. Then, he
thought of the Reverend Augustus Dampier, who needed a doctor after he blew out
his candle in the hall one night. Also, there was old Madame de Tremouillac,
who was ill in bed for six weeks after she saw him sitting in her armchair
reading her diary. He remembered all the people who had seen him at Canterville
Chase, and how frightened he had made them. He felt very proud. He was the
Canterville ghost! He was famous all over the country! No one wanted to see
him, or to be in the house he haunted. And now, some foolish Americans were
here. They gave him oil for his chains and threw pillows at his head!
"This
is terrible!" thought the ghost. "People should not treat ghosts in
this way! They should shake and scream. They should run and hide. They should
leave Canterville Chase and never come
The
ghost decided that it was time to teach the Otis family a lesson. He wanted
revenge, and he wanted to make them afraid.
For
the rest of the night, the ghost thought and planned until he had the perfect
idea for revenge.
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The next
morning, when the Otis family met at breakfast, they talked about the ghost.
"l
do not want to upset the ghost," said Mr Otis. "After all, this was
his house a long time ago. I don't think it is polite to throw pillows at
him." He looked at the twins and they started to laugh.
"However,"
said Mr Otis, "the ghost's chains make too much noise, and I cannot sleep.
He doesn't want to oil them, so I think we must take the chains away from him.
"
For
the rest of the week, however, they did not hear the ghost. They knew he was
there, because the blood stain on the library floor changed every day.
Sometimes it was dark red, and at other times it was purple. One morning it was
bright green! The family thought that these changes were funny, and tried to
guess what colour the stain was before they came downstairs each morning. The
only person who did not enjoy the joke was Virginia. She was always very upset
when she saw the stain, and nearly cried on the morning when it was bright
green.
The ghost finally appeared again on
Sunday night. Soon after the family went to bed, the ghost
000
tried to put on a suit of
armour which stood in the hall. However, the armour was very heavy and it fell
to the floor. The family heard a terrible crash. Mr Otis and the twins ran
downstairs. They saw the Canterville ghost sitting on a chair. The ghost rubbed
his knees and looked very unhappy. The twins started to shoot pellets at the
ghost, and Mr Otis tried to hold them back.
"What are you doing,
sir?" he shouted at the ghost.
The
ghost was angry. He made a terrible noise, then ran to the top of the stairs
and laughed a terrible, ghostly laugh. Just then, Mrs Otis came out of her
bedroom with a small bottle.
"You
sound ill," she said. "Please take this bottle of Doctor Dobell's
medicine. It's just what you need. "
The
ghost stared at her angrily. He tried to change into a dog, but at that moment,
he heard footsteps and saw the twins coming towards him. He made a strange
sound and disappeared.
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The
ghost was very upset. He stayed in his quiet room and did not come out at all,
except to make a new blood stain in the library each night. However, after a
few days he felt better, and decided to try to frighten the Otis family again.
That
night, there was a terrible storm. The wind shook the doors and windows of the
old house. The ghost was happy. He heard the family go to bed and he waited
until the house was dark and quiet. Then, at midnight, he wrapped himself in a
sheet. He went up the stairs and walked along the hall. He decided to scare
Washington first, because he was angry with Washington for cleaning up the
blood stain. The ghost waited at the corner of the hall outside Washington's
bedroom. When he heard the clock strike a quarter past midnight, he smiled and
turned the corner. Suddenly he screamed and covered his face with his hands.
There was another ghost in the hall. Its head was bald and its face was round,
fat, and white. It smiled a horrible smile, and a red light shone from its
eyes. There was a sign on its chest, but the Canterville ghost was too
frightened to read it. He ran back to his room, falling over his own sheet as
he raced down the hall. When he got to his room, he jumped into bed and covered
his face with the covers. But after a while, he felt brave again. He decided to
go and talk to the other ghost as soon as morning came.
"After all," he thought,
"two ghosts are better than one. We can frighten the family
together."
When
the sun came up, the ghost went back to the hall outside Washington's bedroom.
The ghost was there, but now it looked different. There was no red light in its
eyes, and it did not look very frightening at all. The Canterville ghost
touched the other ghost and its head fell off. He saw that it wasn't a ghost at
all. It was just a kitchen brush, a sheet and a large turnip with a candle in
it. He picked up the sign and read it. The sign said "THE OTIS GHOST. THE
ONLY TRUE GHOST!" The Canterville ghost was very angry.
"Those
foolish Americans tricked me!" he thought. "How can I make them sorry
for this?"
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The
Otis family made the ghost upset and nervous. He stayed in his room and he
jumped every time he heard a noise.
"l
have to appear in the hall at night," he thought. "l have to make
strange and terrible noises. I am a ghost and it's my duty. I must do it."
Sir
Simon was an evil man when he was alive, but now he was dead, his ghost wanted
to do his job properly. Every Saturday, he walked in the hall from midnight
until three o'clock, but he tried not to let the family see or hear him. He
took off his shoes, and he even took a bottle of Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator
from Mr Otis' bedroom and oiled his chains. However, the family knew that he
was there, and the twins played terrible tricks on him. One night, they tied a
piece of string to the furniture on each side of the hall. The ghost tripped
over the string in the dark and fell over. On another night, the twins put some
butter at the top of the stairs. The ghost slipped on the butter and fell all
the way down to the bottom of the stairs. This made the ghost very angry, so he
decided to frighten the twins. The next night, he wore different clothes. He
took off his head and left it in his room. Then he went to the twins' bedroom.
The door was not quite closed. The ghost pushed the door hard, and a large
bucket of water fell from the top of the door and splashed all over him. The
ghost was very wet, and very unhappy, but the twins laughed and laughed.
The
ghost went back to his room and stayed in bed with a cold for the next two
days.
"At
least I didn't take my head with me," he thought, "so I'm not wet all
over."
The
ghost did not try to frighten the Otis family again. He still appeared in the
hall once a week, and the twins still played tricks on him. Sometimes they put
nutshells on the floor of the hall to hurt his feet. Once, they hid in the
hall, jumped out at him and shouted "BOO!" But after a while, they did
not see the ghost any more, so the family decided that the ghost was gone
forever.
The
Otis family were wrong. The ghost was still in the house, but he was so
frightened of the twins that he became quite ill. He spent most of his time in
his room and often stayed in bed.
The
young Duke of Cheshire had come to stay with the family for a while and he was
in love with Virginia and wanted to marry her. One day, Virginia went horse
riding with the Duke. She tore her dress on a fence and went home to change her
clothes. As she ran to her bedroom, she went past the ghost's room. She saw the
ghost by the window. He looked very sad and Virginia felt sorry for him.
"Don't
worry, ghost," she said. "My brothers are going back to school
tomorrow. After that, if you are good, no one will annoy you."
The ghost looked at
Virginia in surprise.

"How can I be good?"
he asked. "It is my job to walk in the hall, to make a noise with my
chains and to frighten people. "
"Mrs Umney told us
that you killed your wife, " said Virginia. "Is that true?"
"Yes, it is
true," said the ghost, "but it was a family problem, and it's no one
else's business." "It's wrong to kill people," said Virginia.
"You
don't understand," said the ghost. "She was a terrible wife, and I
don't think it was very nice of her brothers to starve me to death, even though
I did kill her."
"They
starved you to death?" cried Virginia. "Oh, poor ghost. Are you
hungry? I've got a sandwich in my bag."
"No,
thank you," said the ghost. "l never eat or sleep, but you are very
kind. You are not like the rest of your rude, dishonest family. "
"My
family are not rude or dishonest!" cried Virginia. "You are
dishonest! I know you took all the paints from my box to make the stain in the
library! You took all the reds, then all the purple, and when they were all
gone you used green!"
"Well, what could I do?" asked the ghost. "It is so
difficult to get real blood these days. " Then the ghost started to cry.
"Please,
don't be angry with me, I'm so unhappy" he said. "l want to sleep,
but I cannot and I'm so tired. "
"How
can I help you?" asked Virginia.
"The
only place where I can sleep is in the Garden of Death," said the ghost.
"You can help me get there. You are sweet and good. You can ask the Angel
of Death to let me sleep forever."
"I'm
not afraid," said Virginia. "Let me help you. "
The
ghost took Virginia's hands. Suddenly, the wall opened up into a big black
hole. The hole closed around Virginia and the ghost, and the room was empty.

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  9.

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When
Virginia did not come down for tea ten minutes later, Mrs Otis sent one of the
servants to look for her. But the servant could not find Virginia. At first,
Mrs Otis was not worried, but when it got dark, she became afraid. The family
looked all over the house and garden, but they did not find Virginia. Mr Otis,
Washington and the young Duke took their horses and rode around for hours. They
looked in the village and in the fields, and they asked at the station, but
they did not find Virginia. They returned to the house and ate dinner. No one
spoke during the meal. They all thought about Virginia.
Then,
at midnight, just as the clock struck for the twelfth time, there was a crash
of thunder. The family heard strange music and ran into the hall. Just then,
the wall at the top of the stairs opened up and out stepped Virginia. Her face
was white and there was a small box in her hands.
"Where were
you?" asked Mr Otis.
"l was
with the ghost," said Virginia. "He gave me this box of beautiful
jewels. " "Oh, my dear! We were all so worried," cried Mrs Otis.
"You must come with
me," said Virginia. "l have something to show you."
The family
and the Duke followed Virginia through the wall, along a secret corridor and
into a small room.
There
was a large metal ring on the wall, with chains hanging from it. On the other
end of the chains was a skeleton.
"This
is Sir Simon," said Virginia. "He was a bad man, but in the end he
was very sorry. His wife's brothers kept him here until he died."
There
was an old jug and plate on the floor. Virginia pointed to them.
"Look
how his hand is reaching out for food and water," she said. "The jug
and plate were too far away for him to reach. "
Now the
jug was empty, and there was only a pile of dust on the plate.
Virginia
fell to her knees beside the skeleton, and the rest of the family looked at the
terrible sight in front of them.
"Now we know the ghost's secret, " said Mr Otis. "What a
terrible story. " "His sadness is over," said Virginia.
"Now he can sleep."
"You
are an angel," said the Duke, and he took Virginia's hand and kissed it.
and a CIVeddutg0
Four
days later, there was a funeral at Canterville Chase. The funeral started at
eleven o'clock at night. Beautiful black horses pulled black funeral carriages.
Inside one of the carriages was a black coffin with a purple cloth on top of
it. The servants walked beside the carriages with lighted torches. It was an
amazing sight.
Lord
Canterville travelled from Wales for the funeral. He sat in the first carriage
with Virginia. Mr and Mrs Otis were in the next carriage, and Washington and
the twins were behind them in the third carriage. Mrs Umney was in the last
carriage. She had spent fifty years in the house with the ghost, and he had
frightened her many times. She wanted to be there to say goodbye to him.
They
buried Sir Simon in the churchyard. Virginia put some flowers on his grave and
her eyes filled with tears.
"Goodbye, Sir
Simon," she said.
The
next morning, before Lord Canterville left Canterville Chase, Mr Otis asked him
to take the jewels.
"The
jewels belong to your family, " he said. "They are worth a lot of
money, so you must take them. However, Virginia wants to keep the box. Can I
give it to her?"
Lord
Canterville smiled and shook his head.
"The
jewels are Virginia's," he said. "Sir Simon wanted her to have them,
and she must keep them. After all, we don't want the ghost to come back!"
So
Virginia kept the jewels and wore them when she married the Duke of Cheshire a
few years later. She became the Duchess of Cheshire, and she was very happy.
The Duke and Duchess loved each other very much. After their honeymoon, they
travelled to Canterville Chase to visit Virginia's parents. They stopped at the
churchyard on the way, and Virginia put fresh flowers on Sir Simon's grave.
"What happened when you were with the ghost?" asked the Duke.
"l can't tell you, my dear Cecil," said Virginia. "Please don't
ask me." The Duke smiled.
"You can keep your secret," he said, "as long as I have
your love. " "You always have my love, Cecil," said Virginia.
"Good,"
said Cecil. "Then perhaps one day, you can tell your secret to our
children."
Virginia
smiled and took the Duke's hand. They walked happily towards Canterville Chase.

1 Oscar Wilde's mother was interested in

7 organised?

Scottish fairy tales.

8 honest?

2
    Oscar Wilde
    published fairy tales and fantastic adventure stories for his father.
3
    The
    Canterville Ghost is a scary ghost

9 in love?

The Author

The Plot

Answer the questions.

Look at the words. How are they

1 Where was Oscar Wilde born?

related to the story?

2 What jobs did his father and mother

• Ascot •
  horse racing • beautiful old

have?

house • old ghost • Lord
  Canterville

3 What university did he go to in England?

• Otis family • frighten • twin boys

4 What countries did he travel to when he

• oil • ghostly voice • depressed

finished university?
5
  Who did he marry?
6
  How many sons did he have?
7
  When did he
  write his first book of fairy tales?

 help

8 What was his only novel called?

The Characters

9 What was the name of his first play? 10 When did Oscar Wilde die?

Who's ...
1
  frightening?
2
  caring?
3
  clever?

4 straightforward?

a)

Background Information

b)

u Correct the sentences.

5 healthy? 6
  sensible?

story.
4       Oscar travelled to Australia many
times.
5       Oscar thought there were many
physical differences between English and American people.
6       The story has been made into a film
three times.
7       The book is published in English
only.
8       The book is enjoyed by old people and
children.

Reading
the
pictures and the title. How do you think they are related?
a
Which of these things can you see in the pictures?
• top hat • table e windows
• reflection • carriage • candles
• flowers • dressing table e carpet
• beard • chair • waistcoat
• chimneys • gown • perfume bottle
• tree mirror
While Reading
Read or
listen to the episode and mark the sentences as T (true) or F (false).
1 Mr Otis is from Europe. 2 Mr Otis
wanted to sell Canterville Chase.
3 Lord Canterville thinks there is a ghost at Canterville Chase. 4 The ghost frightened Lord
Canterville's uncle.
5
The Reverend
Augustus Dampier went to Oxford University.
6
The ghost is two
hundred years old.
7
Mr Otis doesn't
believe in ghosts.
After Reading
Discuss
in pairs.
•  Do you believe in
ghosts? Why (not)?
•  Why do you think some people believe
in ghosts?
•  Would you like to
visit a haunted house? Why (not)?
•  What do you think is going to happen
in the next episode?

Look at the pictures. Read the sentences below. Tick (V) the things you
think are going to happen in the episode. Listen, read and check.
The Otis family arrive at Canterville
Chase.
A man is
there to welcome them.
They go
to the library.
There is
a stain on the wall.
The
housekeeper becomes ill.
While
Reading
u
Read or listen to the episode and answer the questions.
1       How many children has Mr Otis got?
2       What was the weather like when the
Otis
family came to Canterville Chase? 3 Who met the family at the door?
4
Why is there
blood on the library floor?
5
 What does Washington do about the stain?
6 What does Mr Otis want to do if Mrs Umney faints again?
After Reading
Discuss
in pairs.
•  Why do you think Mrs
Umney fainted?
•  Do you think the Otis family are kind
people? Why (not)?
•  Why do you think Sir Simon murdered
his wife?
•  What do you think happened to Sir
Simon?

Before
Reading
Look at the pictures, and the following words/phrases
from the episode. What do you think happens in the episode? Listen, read and
check.
•  another stain • library floor e the
family talks e noise wakes Mr Otis
•  a bottle of oil
While
Reading
Read or
listen to the episode. Then
look at
this page from Mr Otis' diary. Correct the words in bold.
Tuesday 30th July
My
family went to bed at 1) ten o'clock. A strange noise woke me. The noise came
from the 2) bathroom outside my bedroom. I opened the bedroom door and saw a 3)
beautiful sight. There was an old man in the hall. He had 4) blue eyes and his
hair was long and 5) black. His clothes were old, 6) clean and torn. There were
chains around his 7) knees and ankles. The chains were making a terrible noise
so I gave him a 8) bowl of oil.
After
Reading
Answer
the questions.
1       Do you think Mr Otis is clever or
foolish?
Why?
2       Is
Mr Otis afraid? Why (not)?
3       How do you think the ghost feels now?
Why?

Episode 4

Before Reading
Look at
the pictures and answer the questions.
1
What are the
twins doing in the first picture?
2
How do you think
the ghost feels in the first picture?
3
Do you think the
ghost feels differently in the second picture?
4
What do you think
of the room?
While Reading
u
Read or listen to the episode. Answer the questions.
1       What does the ghost do with the
bottle of oil?
2       What colour is the ghost when he
disappears?
3       What happened to the four servants
after they saw the ghost?
4       What did the ghost do to the Reverend
Augustus Dampier?
5       What does the ghost do for the rest
of the night?
After Reading
Discuss
in pairs.
• How does the family feel about the ghost?
• Do you think the ghost is scary or funny? Why?
• Does the ghost want to be on his own?
• What do you think the ghost will do in the next
episode?

Episode
5

Reading
the
first picture. What is Virginia doing? How do you think she is feeling?
a Look at the pictures and the title.
What do you think is going to happen in this episode? Listen and read to find
out.
While Reading
Read or listen to the episode and complete the text below with the words
in the list.
•  colour • armour • breakfast • polite
•  medicine • shoot • noise
The Otis
family talked about the ghost at 1)  They complained that he made too
much noise but Mr Otis told the twins that it was not 2)  to throw pillows at him. They
noticed that the blood stain was changing 3) One day, it was bright green! On
Sunday

night,
the ghost appeared. He tried to put on a suit of 4)  but it fell to the floor. The twins
started to 5) pellets at him. The ghost was very angry and he made a terrible 6)  Mrs Otis tried to give him some 7) because she thought he sounded ill.
Finally, he disappeared when he heard the twins coming after him.
After Reading
Discuss
in pairs.
• Why do you think the blood stain is changing colour?
• How does the ghost try to frighten the family?
• If you were a ghost, how would you try to frighten
people?

Look at
the first picture. Why do you think there are two ghosts? Which one is the
Canterville ghost? How do you know?
Look at both pictures. What has happened to the second ghost? How does
the Canterville ghost feel?
While
Reading
Read or
listen to the episode and put the events in the correct order for the
Canterville ghost.
He sees another ghost.
[2
He knows the Otis family
has played a trick on him.
He wraps
himself in a sheet.
[2
He decides to
frighten the family again. He touches the other ghost and its head falls off.
He
goes back to the hall the next morning. [2 He runs away to his room.
Read and
correct the words in bold.
1       The Canterville ghost stays in his
noisy room.
2       The storm shakes the doors and
windows of the new house.
3       The other ghost's head was hairy.
4       The ghost went back to the hall when
the moon came up.
After Reading
Discuss
in pairs.
• Why do you think the Otis family made the 'Otis
Ghost'?
• Do you feel sorry for the Canterville ghost? Why
(not)?

Reading
the
pictures. What happens to the Canterville ghost in this episode?
a Which
of these things can you see in the pictures?
• shield • candelabra • bucket
• spider • night cap • spears
• puddle
• wallpaper • pencil e portrait
• baseball bat
While
Reading
Answer
the questions.
1       Why did the ghost have to appear
every week?
2       Why
did the ghost take oil from Mr Otis' bedroom?

3       What happened when the ghost tried to
frighten the twins?
4       Why didn't the ghost get wet all
over? 5 Why did the ghost stay in his room?
After
Reading
Discuss
in pairs.
•  Do you think the twins' tricks are
funny or unkind? Why?
•  Imagine you are the ghost. What are
you going to do now?
e Do you think the ghost will leave
Canterville
Chase? Why (not)?

Look at the first picture. Where is
Virginia now? How do you think the ghost is feeling? Why?
Look at the second picture. Where do you think
Virginia and the ghost are going? How do you think Virginia is feeling?
    While Reading
Read or
listen to the episode and mark the sentences as T (true) or F (false).
1
Virginia went
walking in the woods with the Duke of Cheshire.
2
Mrs Urnney told
the Otis family that the ghost killed his wife.
3
Virginia offered
the ghost a sweet.
4
The ghost used
green paint to make the stain.
5
The ghost found
it difficult to find real blood.
6
The wall fell
down in the ghost's room.
After Reading
Discuss
in pairs.
•  Where do you think Virginia and the
ghost went?
•  What do you think is going to happen
to Virginia?
•  Do you think Virginia is going to
come back?
•  Do you think the ghost is good or
evil? Why?

               Reading

the pictures and answer the

Read the title and look at the pictures.

questions.

Do you think the story has a happy
  or a

1

What is Virginia carrying in the
  first

sad ending? Who do you think will
  get

picture?

married? Listen or read to find out.

2

Why do you think Virginia's family looks

so shocked in the first picture?

While Reading

3

Where is the family in the second
  picture?

4

Who do you think the skeleton is? What

u

Read or listen to the episode and put

is it doing?

the events
  in the correct order.
Virginia says goodbye to Sir Simon.

While Reading

Mr Otis offers the jewels to Lord
  Canterville.

a

Read or listen to the episode and replace

[2

Lord
  Canterville sits in the first carriage.

the words in bold with the following:

[2

The Duke and Duchess visit her
  parents.

3

He was a bad man.

Virginia.

4

He kissed her hand.

[2

Virginia becomes the Duchess of
  Cheshire.

5

He was reaching out for food and water.

After Reading

After Reading

a

Discuss in pairs.

Discuss in pairs.

• Do you think Sir Simon deserved his

• What do you think happened when

punishment?

Virginia was with the ghost?

• How do you think the family feels now?

• Do you think the story has a happy

• Why do you think the ghost told Virginia

ending? Why (not)?

his secret?

• Which part of the story did you like

• Who do you tell your secrets to? Why?

best? Why?

Duke of Cheshire,
Virginia, The ghost,There is a funeral at Canterville Chase. Sir Simon, The
skeleton.Virginia marries the Duke. Virginia keeps a secret.
1
She stepped out
of the hole.
Mrs Umney travels in the last carriage.
2
He gave me these
jewels.
Lord Canterville gives the jewels to

The Canterville Ghost
Final Comprehension Quiz

1
Who wrote The
Canterville Ghost?
A     Charles Dickens B Oscar Wilde C Lewis
Carroll
2
Who left the
house and did not want to come back?
A     The housekeepers B The cooks C The
servants
3
What is
Pinkerton's Stain Remover?
A     a big white stick         B a small
black stick C a small pink stick
4
What was Augustus
Dampier?
A     a reverend B a lord    C a dowager
5
What animal did
the Canterville Ghost try to change into?
A     a cat  B a dog          C a donkey
6
What did the Otis
ghost have for a head?
A     a carrot           B a cabbage C a
turnip
7
What did the
Canterville ghost slip on at the top of the stairs?
A     butter B oil     C water
8
Where is the only
place that the Canterville ghost can sleep?
A     The Garden of Life B The Garden of
Death C The Garden of Marriage
9
What did the
Canterville ghost give to Virginia?
A a box of jewels B a box of gold C a box of money
10
How many years
did Mrs Umney spend in the house?
A     thirty   B forty C fifty
Discuss in groups.

Which is
your favourite character in The Canterville Ghost? Why?  Which character didn't you like?
Why?  Would you like to visit Canterville Chase? Why (not)?  Do you know anyone who has seen a
ghost?

Tell the class.  Can you think of a different title
for the story?
Project
 Imagine that the story takes place today. Write a modern story about the
Canterville ghost. Think about:
what the ghost wears.  where the ghost lives.  what the ghost does.  how the ghost feels.  what the family wear.

what the family
think about the ghost.  what tricks the twins can play on the ghost.  how Virginia can help the ghost.  how the ghost can go to sleep.  Tell the class your

story about the modern ghost.

Past — Infinitive

Past — Infinitive

Past
  — Infinitive

Past — Infinitive

Past — Infinitive

Past — Infinitive

ate         eat became become began
  begin blew     blow bought buy buried bury came    come could    can

cried cry
  did do fell fall felt found find gave give got get had have

heard hear hid      hide kept    keep knew know left     leave
  lit           light made make put     put

ran       run
  rode    ride said      say sat              sit saw              see sent     send
  shone shine shook shake

slept    sleep spent   spend spoke  speak
  stood   stand struck strike thought think threw throw told      tell

took take tore tear tried try was be went
  go be woke wake wore wear

Word List

CHAPTER 1
appear /OPIO¶ (V)
nosBTlfiTbcq believe /blli:v/ (V) BePHTb, AOBePfiTb foolish /fu;llf/ (adj)
rnynbl¥i frightened /fra1t0nd/ (adj) ucnyraHHblÞl honest
/omst/ (adj) qeCTHblVi, npaBAHBblÞ1 imagine /rmae01/ (v) B006PayaTb,
npeACTaBJ1fiTb library /lalbrorl/ (n) 6H6JIHOTeKa mistake /mrstelk/ (n)
OL.Uh6Ka modern /mt)darn/ (adj) COBPeMeHHblVi noise /nold (n) servant /s3: rvant/
(n) cnyra shoulders /fooldorz/ (n PI) nneqv•i skeleton /skelltan/
(n) CKeneT strange /stre1nW (adj) CTPaHHblÞt terrible /ter1b01/
(adj) yyaCHblVl visit /VIZ1t/ (v) nocel.qaTb warning (n) npeaynpe>KAeHHe,
npeaocTepe>+CHHe Phrases dress for dinner (phr) HapsAHaq, napaAHaq
oae>KAa member of the family (phr) qneH CeMbH CHAPTER 2
disappear /dlsoplor/
(v) qcqe3HYTb enjoy            (V) 060>KaTb faint /femt/ (v)
6eCC03HaTeTlbHblVi, 06MOPOHHblVt fair-haired /feorheord/
(adj) CBeTJIOBOJIOCblV1 flash /fl&f/ (n) BCr1blUJKa
handsome
/hænsom/ (adj) CHMnaTw-lHblVi, KPaCHBblVi haunt /ho:nt/ (V) fiBMTbCR (o
nphBHAeHhH, npH3paKe) housekeeper /haoski:por/ (n) AOMPa60THHl.4a
lightning /lutnll)/ (n) MOJIHHfi murder /m3fdor/ (v) y6HBaTb remover
/nmu.•var/ (n) COCTaB              yaaneHHB
(nfiTHOBblBOAHTeJ1b) rub /rnb/ (v) TepeTb stain /stem/ (n) stained
glass /stemd gla:s/ (adj) BhTPa>K wages (n) 3apa60THaq nnaTa
Phrases
crash of
thunder (phr) pacKaT rpoMa in good health (phr) B A06POM 3ApaBHH play tricks
(phr) rlOAl.LlYYHBaTb right now (phr) ceiqac He, npfiM0 ceiqac
CHAPTER 3
actor /æktor/ (n) aKTep actress
/æktros/ (n) aKTpuca ankle /æ1)k01/ (n) JlOAbl>KKa
calm /ka:m/ (adj) CriOKOVIHblÿi chains /tJemz/ (n PI) genu continue
/kontmju:/ (v) nPOAOJ1>KaTb cool (adj) npoxnaAHblVl footsteps /futsteps/ (n
PI) ujarv•i interested nntrestld/ (adj) 3ahHTePeCOBaHHblVi light supper [lait
sapor/ (n) nOJIAHHK, nerKHV1 Y>KHH lock [Ink/ (v) 3aKPblBaTb
(ABepb) mention /menPn/ (v) ynOMHHaTb storm /sto:rm/ (n) 6ypq
torn /to:rn/ (adj) rlOPBaHHblVi,
Pa30PBaHHblVt worried /wAr1d/ (adj) 06eCnOKOeHHblV1,
03aaaqeHHblÞ1 wrist Inst/ (n) 3anqcTbe Phrases clank of metal (phr)
'193r
CHAPTER 4
diary /dalori/ (n)
AHeBHhK famous /fegmos/ (adj) H3BeCTHblÞl, 3HaMeHHTblÞt perfect
/p3:rf1kt/ (adj) OTJIHYHblV1, npeBOCXOAHblV1 pick up /puknp/ (v)
noA6upaTb pillow /PJloo/ (n) plan /plæn/ (v) nnaHHpoBaTb proud /praod/ (adj) ropAblVi,
AOBOJlbHblV1 c060Þl revenge /rrvenw (n) MeCTb rude /rud/ (adj)
rpy6blÞ1 shocked /fnkt/ (adj) WOKHPOBaHHblVt throw (threw) /6rou/ (v)
6pocaTb upset /npset/ (adj) pa30qap0BaHHblßl, HeCqaCTHblVi whisper /hwJspor/
(v) I-IJerlTaTb Phrases
blow out a candle (phr) 3aAYBaTb cBeqy feel insulted (phr) 6blTb
OCKOP6neHHblM stand still (phr) CTOfiTb HenOABH>KHO
CHAPTER 5
funny /fnni/ (adj) CMeU.lHOV1 guess /ges/ (v) yraAblBaTb
hold back (held) /hoold bæk/ (v) yaeP>KhBaTb, CAeP>KHBaTb pellet
/pgllt/ (n) u.japHK (H3 6YMarH) polite /polalt/ (adj) Be>KJ1hBblÞl suit
of armour /su:t ov a.•rmor/ (n) aocnexH
Phrasal Verbs shoot at (shot) (phr v)
CTpeTlRTb, 06CTPeJIHBaTb
CHAPTER 6
bald
/bo:ld/ (adj) TibiCblÞ1 brave brew/ (adj) CMeJ1blVt horrible /hor1b01/
(adj) Y>KaCHblVl kitchen brush /kltfm brAf/ (n) I-LIBa6pa
race /re1S/ (V) MqaTbCfi, HeCTHCb scare
/skeor/ (v) HanyraTb shake (shook) /feuk/ (v) TPfiCTh shine (shone)
Tarn/ (v) ChfiTb, CBePKaTb sign /sam/ (n) Ta6JIHLIKa, 3HaK, BblBeCKa
strike /stralk/ (v) 6HTb (o qacax) trick /tnk/ (v) 06MaHYTb, npoæcTH true
/tru;/ (adj) HaCTOfiLUHÞl, PeanbHblÞt turnip /t3.rmp/
(n) pena wrap /ræp/ (v) 06ePTblBaTb
CHAPTER 7
bucket /bAk1t/ (n) Beapo cold /koold/ (n)
npocyaa decide /dlsald/ (V) PeœaTb, rlPHHHMaTb peweHHe evil /i:v01/
(adj) 3noVi furniture /fxrnltfor/ (n) Me6eJ1b hurt
/h3.•rt/ (V) rlPHqHHfiTb 6011b jump (V) rlPblraTb nervous /n3:rvos/
(adj) HePBHblVi nutshells /nntfelz/ (n) opexoBaq cl<opnyna splash
/spl&f/ (V) 6Pb13raTb, BblnneCKHBaTb string /strll)/ (n) HHTb tie /tu/ (v)
3aBfi3blBaTb Phrasal Verbs
slip on (phr v) CKOJlb3HTb trip over
(phr v) CTIOTKHYTbCR
CHAPTER 8
difficult
/dlflkolt/ (adj) TPYAHblV1 dishonest /dlsomst/ (adj) Tl>KHBblV1, HeqeCTHblVi
fence /fens/ (n) 3a60p problem /pmblom/ (n) np06neMa tear (tore) /tlor/
(v) PBaTb
Phrases
no one
else's business (phr) JIHt-lHoe Aeno starve to death (phr) YMOPHTb
ron0AOM
CHAPTER 9
angel /elncffl/ (n) aHren hang (hung)
[heel)/ (v) BeUjaTb jewels          (n PI) APar014eHHOCTH jug     (n) KYBLUHH
secret /stkrlt/ (n) ceKpeT
Phrasal Verbs reach out (phr v)
AOCTHraTb
Phrases
pile of
dust (phr) ropKa riblJIH rest of the family (phr) OCTaBU-lHeCfi H3 CeMbH
CHAPTER 10
bury
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Script and General Stage Directions
The
narrator's part can be divided between two or more students, if the teacher
prefers.
The
narrator(s) should be dressed in black, so as not to stand out too much during
the play.

The narrator(s) should always
stand on the left or right of the stage, in such a way that they do not
interfere with the action or obstruct the view of the audience.

Characters: Ghost

Mr Otis

Narrator(s):
  At least one

Mrs Otis

student, dressed in black.

Washington
Virginia
Twins
Mrs Urnney
Lord Canterville

Something's strange at Canterville Something's not quite right
With shadows moving on the walls And noises in the night
CHORUS: Never buy a haunted house That's the golden
  rule
If you buy a haunted house You must be a fool
People live at Canterville But not for very long
It only takes one ghostly laugh
To show
  them something's wrong
REPEAT
  CHORUS

Narrator: When the American Minister, Mr Hiram B
  Otis, bought Canterville Chase, everyone told him

that he was
  very foolish. Even Lord Canterville, who wanted to sell the house, tried to
  tell Mr Otis that it was a mistake to buy it.
Lord Canterville: I must be honest with you, Mr Otis. There
  is something very strange about this house. My family and I don't stay here
  very often.

Duke

Mr
    Otis:
Lord
    Canterville:
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    Otis:
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    Canterville:
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    Otis:
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    Canterville:
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    Otis:
Lord
    Canterville:
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    Otis:
Lord
    Canterville:
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    Otis:
Lord
    Canterville:
Mr
    Otis:
Lord Canterville:
Mr Otis:
Lord
    Canterville:
Narrator:
Mrs Umney:

But
    what is so strange about the place?
There is a ghost here. It visits anyone who lives or stays
    here.
Are
    you sure?
Oh yes. My poor old aunt, the Dowager Duchess of Bolton,
    once felt two hands on her shoulders as she dressed for dinner.
Two hands?
Yes. The hands were cold and hard, like the hands of a
    skeleton. My poor aunt was very frightened. She became ill, and she never
    really got better.
Did
    anyone else see the ghost?
The Reverend Augustus Dampier also saw it. Dampier went to
    Cambridge University, you know. He's very clever, and not the kind of man
    who imagines things.
No,
    of course not.
We are
    afraid to stay in this house. We hear strange noises in the halls and in
    the library at night.
I'm not afraid. I want to take the house and the ghost.
You
    are a brave man.
I come from a modern country, where we have everything that money can
    buy. There is nothing in Europe that we don't have in America, and there
    are no ghosts in America, you know!
I'm afraid that the ghost is real. It is more than three
    hundred years old.
I don't believe in ghosts. There
    is no such thing!
I hope you
    are happy in the house, but you must remember that I warned you, and you
    did not listen to me.
Mr Otis bought Canterville Chase, and a few weeks later,
    he moved into the house with his family.
Welcome to Canterville Chase. I have tea ready for you.

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Scene 1
Part 2

                                                                       Mrs
Otis:               Oh dear! There's a mark on the floor.
                                                                      Mrs
Umney:           Yes, madam. That is blood.
                                                                       Mrs
Otis:               How horrible! I don't want blood on my floors!
Mrs
Urnney: That is the blood of Lady Eleanore de Canterville. Her husband, Sir
Simon de
Canterville, murdered her
there in 1575. Sir Simon disappeared suddenly nine years later. No one ever
found his body, but his ghost haunts this house. No one can clean the blood
from the floor.
Washington:
That's silly! I can clean it up right now with Pinkerton's Stain Remover! You
see?
Mr Otis:                 What
terrible weather they have in this country!
                                                                       Virginia:              Look
at Mrs Umney!
Mrs
Otis: My dear Hiram! What can we do with a woman who faints?
Mr
Otis: We can take money from her wages every time she faints!
Mrs
Umney: You must not make the ghost angry, sir. Terrible things happen in this
house.
                                                                       Mrs
Otis:               Ghosts! Ha!
                                                                       Mr
Otis:                 We don't believe in ghosts.
                                                                       Mrs
Otis:                But we would like some tea.

Narrator: The Otis family didn't believe in ghosts, but
    the ghost was determined to change their minds.
Washington: Father, every morning, when I come down for
    breakfast, the stain is on the library floor again.
Mr Otis:                         The
    stain?
Washington: Yes, the blood stain. I clean it every day,
    and every night it comes back.
Mr Otis:                 Never mind, son. It's
    just dirt. Good night.
Washington:         Good night, father.
Mr Otis: My dear sir, your chains are making a terrible
    noise. You really must oil them. This is a bottle of Tammany Rising Sun
    Lubricator. It's just what you need.
Twins:                    Take that, you silly
    ghost!
Ghost: This is terrible! People should not treat ghosts in
    this way! They should shake and scream. They should run and hide. They
    should leave Canterville Chase and never come back! Why aren't they afraid?
Narrator: The next night, after the family went to bed,
    the ghost tried to put on a suit of armour which stood in the hall.
    However, the armour was very heavy and it fell to the floor.
Mr Otis:                 What are you doing, sir?
Twins: It's the silly ghost!
    Let's shoot him! POW! POW! Ghost:           Ahahahahaha!
Mrs Otis: You sound ill. Please, take this bottle of
    Doctor Dobell's medicine. It's just what you need.
Ghost:                    Agh!
A ghost should be well-respected
People should run in fear People should shake and shiver
Whenever
    a ghost comes near
CHORUS: Why can't they just respect me?
I'm terrible and I'm bad
They tease me when they should fear me
It makes me so very sad

Scene 2
Part 1
Scene 2
Part 2
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SONG: Respect

A ghost should be free to frighten
To rattle and moan and sigh People should fear my hauntings
Children
  should scream and cry
REPEAT
  CHORUS
Narrator: The ghost was very upset. He stayed in his room
  and didn't come out, except to make a new blood stain in the library each
  night. But one night, there was a terrible storm.
Ghost: A storm! Tonight is the night! It is time to frighten
  those stupid Americans! First, I must frighten that boy who keeps cleaning up
  the blood stain! Aaaaagh! What's that?
Narrator: After a while, the ghost felt brave again. He
  decided to go and talk to the other ghost.
Ghost: Two ghosts are better than one. We can frighten the
  family together.
Narrator: When the sun came up, the ghost went back to the
  hall outside Washington's bedroom. The other ghost was there, but now it
  looked different.
Ghost: It's not very frightening at all. Oh! What does this
  say? "THE OTIS GHOST. THE ONLY TRUE GHOST!" Those foolish Americans
  tricked me! How can I make them sorry for this?
Narrator: The twins played terrible tricks on the ghost.
  They made him upset and nervous.
Ghost: I have to appear in the hall at night. I have to make
  strange and terrible noises. It's my job, and I must do it.
Twins:            BOO!!
Ghost:            AGH! Horrible children!
Twins:             Silly ghost!
Narrator: The ghost was so frightened of the twins that he
  became quite ill. He spent most of his time in his room and often
  stayed in bed.

Scene 3
Pan 1
Scene 3
Part 2

Those nasty twins are after me
It's just not fair, why can't they see?
I'm big and bad, I'm mean and cruel
But
    they just treat me like a fool
CHORUS: Enough is enough, I can't work here They only
    laugh, they feel no fear What can I do if I can't scare?
Why don't these people seem to care?
Before they came I had it made
The Cantervilles were so afraid
But now these people laugh at me I'm just as sad as I can
    be
REPEAT
    CHORUS
Narrator: The young Duke of Cheshire was in love with
    Virginia and wanted to marry her one day.
Virginia: I want to change my clothes before we go horse
    riding again!
Duke:                     Of course!
Virginia: Oh, ghost. You look sad! Don't worry — my
    brothers are going back to school tomorrow. You must be good until then.
Ghost: How can I be good? It is my job to walk in the
    hall, to make a noise with my chains and to frighten people.
Virginia: Mrs Umney told us that you killed your wife. Is
    that true?
Ghost: Yes, it is true. But it was a family problem, and
    it's no one else's business.
Virginia:                  It's wrong to kill
    people.
Ghost: You don't understand. My
    wife was a terrible woman. And her brothers starved me to death! That was
    unkind, even though I did kill her.
Virginia: They starved you to death? Oh, poor ghost. Are
    you hungry? I've got a sandwich in my bag.
Ghost: No, thank you. I never eat or sleep, but you are
    very kind. You are not like the rest of your rude, dishonest family.
Virginia: My family are not rude or dishonest! You are
    dishonest! I know you took all the paints from my paint box to make the
    stain in the library!

SONG: Enough
Is Enough
Scene 4
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45

Ghost: Well, what could I do? It is so difficult to get real
  blood these days. Oh!
Virginia:                Oh, don't cry! Why are you sad?
Ghost: I want to sleep — but I need
  you to help me. Virginia: How can I help you?
Ghost: You can help me get to the Garden of Death. You can
  ask the Angel of Death to let me sleep forever.
Virginia:                 I am not afraid. Let me help you.
We all need someone to care
When times are bad or life's unfair
When you don't know what to do
You know that I am here for you
CHORUS: Let me help you, don't be sad
Nothing's really quite
  that bad All you needed was a friend
And now
  your pain is at an end
Hold my hand and come with me I can help you to be
  free
All your sorrow's in the past
And you can
  go to sleep at last
REPEAT
  CHORUS
Narrator: The Otis family couldn't find Virginia, and they
  were very worried. Then, at midnight, they heard a strange noise in the hall.
Mrs Otis:                It's Virginia! Thank goodness!
Mr Otis:                         Where
  were you?
Virginia:                I was with
  the ghost. He gave me these jewels.
Mrs Otis:               Oh, my dear! We were all so
  worried!
Virginia: You must come with me. I have something to show
  you.
Mr Otis:                          My
  word! It's a secret room!
Twins:                    Look! A skeleton!
Virginia: This is Sir Simon. He was a bad man, but in the
  end he was very sorry. His wife's brothers kept him here until he died.

SONG: Let Me Help
You
Scene 5
Part 1
Scene 5
Part 2

Duke: Look how his hand is reaching out for food and
    water. The jug and plate were too far away for him to reach.
Mr Otis: Now we know the ghost's secret. What a terrible
    story!
Virginia:                          His
    sadness is over. Now he can sleep.
Duke:                     You are an angel.
Secrets are like treasure Precious
    things to hide
Do you tell your secrets
Or
    keep them all inside?
CHORUS: We all have our secrets
The things we never say We keep them all inside us Each and every day
Secrets can be painful
They make sadness grow
Sometimes we need to share them To
    let our sadness go
REPEAT
    CHORUS
Narrator: Four days later, there was a funeral at
    Canterville Chase. Lord Canterville came from Wales.
Lord
    Canterville: Well, well! The Canterville ghost is gone.
Mr Otis: These jewels belong to your family. They are
    worth a lot of money, and you must take them.
Lord Canterville: No, no. These jewels are Virginia's.
    Sir Simon wanted her to have them, and she must keep them.
Virginia:                  Thank you, Lord
    Canterville.
Duke: You can wear the jewels when we get married,
    Virginia. What do you say?
Virginia:                Oh, Cecil! I'd love to!
Narrator: So Virginia became the Duchess of Cheshire. The
    Duke and Duchess loved each other very much, and they lived happily ever
    after at Canterville Chase.

SONG: Secrets
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