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By Sherilyn Forrester
Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona
Published: 01.05.2007
Most theaters work diligently to fill their seats.The folks at Beowulf Alley are hoping their audiences will be jumping out of theirs.Beowulf's production of "The Woman in Black," which opens next week, is a uniquely theatrical ghost story that has been scaring and thrilling theatergoers for more than 17 years.
"It's just wonderfully frightening," says Terry Erbe, who is directing Roberto Guajardo and David Alexander Johnston in this Stephen Mallatratt adaptation of the book by Susan Hill."
Even though the book is a really good read and is very scary, I think the play works even better," adds Erbe. "The conventions of the theater — that are particular to the theater — really enhance the effect of the story and how it is told."
