The Haunting of Susan a

’...the history of this pub, the possibilities of what once could have happened in this room in which we’re now gathered ...

Well.

The possibilities’.

Written as a response to the 50th anniversary celebration of the King’s Head Theatre, Mark Ravenhill premieres his first new play as Artistic Director.

Drawing on the traditions of a classic ghost story, The Haunting of Susan A explores the power of the mind to make the unseen visible and for the cruelty of the past to haunt a room. Described as ＂a ghost story＂, the play is Inspired by Ravenhill’s love of the work of M.R. James and is set in the King’s Head Theatre itself.

Published alongside an introduction from Timberlake Wertenbaker, this text also includes Ravenhill’s ’101 notes on Playwriting’, which caused a sensation on Twitter and appears in print for the first time.

Mark Ravenhill is an English playwright, actor and journalist. Ravenhill is one of the most widely-performed playwrights in British theatre of the late-20th and 21st centuries. His major plays include Shopping and Fucking, Some Explicit Polaroids, Mother Clap’s Molly House, The Cut, Shoot Get Treasure Repeat and The Cane. He made his professional acting debut in his own monologue Product, at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.