Seventeen Terrifying Tales By Famous Authors Adapted Into Easy To Read, Easy To Produce Scripts For Stage, Film, Radio by Dan Bianchi. Authors include Bram Stoker, H.P.Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, De Maupassant, and even a rare, monstrous tale by Theodore Roosevelt

Have you heard of The Lights Out Club? No? Well, for the first 140 years of its existence, society wasn't supposed to know about it. It all began back in 1796, when Alexander Hamilton, one of America's founding fathers, had just given the new nation its first sex scandal which had left him temporarily unemployed. He retreated to Manhattan, his home town, to lick his wounds. During that time, he was able to convince six prominent New Yorkers to entertain themselves each week by sharing tales of terror by the light of a solitary candle. For an extra jolt, they would meet in dark, out-of-the-way, often, dangerous places. Their spooky tales were based upon personal experiences, or, true events which had taken place in NYC. As the group grew, the secret membership was by reference only and restricted to New Yorkers. By the 1800s, they were known as The Lights Out Club. To this day, this legendary, influential group has continued on, attracting members from all walks of life, from school teachers to politicians, cops, athletes, vaudevillians, gangsters, authors and Hollywood superstars ...everyone, it seems, has a terrifying story to tell...and loves hearing them, as well. Past members include MARK TWAIN, EDGAR ALLAN POE, ORSON WELLES, LEGS DIAMOND, RODNEY DANGERFIELD, ENRICO CARUSO, NORMAN MAILER, SOPHIE TUCKER, ROD SERLING and dozens more. Now, for the first time ever, THE LIGHTS OUT CLUB has authorized long-time member, DAN BIANCHI, to collect, catalog, record and transcribe its tales to the written page, and, to edit and conserve hundreds of weird stories of New York's ghosts, creatures, haunted houses and strange incidents, all of which have taken place in real NYC locations...and, often concern historical figures and events. Here are eerie tales of old Manhattan which have not seen the light of day since the first night they were told by the light of a solitary candle

Seventeen Terror Tales Adapted By Dan Bianchi For Stage, Screen, Radio including: "The Brides Of Dracula" (Bram Stoker) "The Tell Tale Heart" (Edgar Allan Poe) "The Color Out Of Space (H.P.Lovecraft) "Reverend Alberic" (M.R.James) "The Dream Snake" (Robert E.Howard) "August Heat" (W.F.Harvey) "The Weed Men" (W.H.Hodgson) "The Wendigo" (Algernon Blackwood) "Gabriel Ernest" (Saki) "In Amundsen's Tent" (J.M.Leahy) "Sea Raiders" (H.G.Wells) "Mark Of The Beast" (Rudyard Kipling) "The Man Who Evolved" (Edward Hamilton) "Three Sisters" (W.W.Jacobs) "The Vampire Maid" (Edith Nesbit) "The Dancing Partner" (Jerome K.Jerome) "The Hoard Of The Gibbelins" (Lord Dunsany)

Fifteen Famous Terror Tales Adapted For Stage, Screen, Radio

Six Famous Science Fiction Tales Adapted By Dan Bianchi For Stage, Screen, Radio. Easy to read, easy to produce versions great for actors, schools, play festivals, graduate films, solo performances, etc. Included in SCIENCE GONE MAD are "Frankenstein" (Mary Shelley) "From Beyond" (H.P.Lovecraft) "The Time Machine" (H.G.Wells) "The Wasp Woman" (Leo Gordon) "The Case Of Mr.Valdemar" (Edgar Allan Poe) "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" (Joseph Green) The House Of Fear Presents series: www.houseoffear.org

Stories adapted for stage, screen, radio included in THIRTEEN BY LOVECRAFT: Pickman's Model; The Terrible Old Man; The Hound; The Lurking Fear; The Unnameable; The Shadow Over Innsmouth; The Horror At Martins' Beach; Cool Air; The Curse Of Yig; The Music Of Erich Zann; The Dunwich Horror; Arthur Jermyn; Statement of Randolph Carter THE HOUSE OF FEAR PRESENTS series offers easy-to-read, easy- to-produce scripts to those who want to create a unique style of theatrical presentation...and they make for fine reading, as well Also, they contain content unique to the genres of HORROR, WEIRD and SCIENCE FICTION. However, these specially formatted scripts may be produced also as RECORDED WORKS, RADIO BROADCASTS....or, even as the basis of FILM and VIDEO presentations. They're perfect for acting scene studies, schools, play festivals, student film projects, etc. More Titles: www.houseoffear.org

LIGHTS OUT includes script adaptations of DAGON (H.P.Lovecraft) AMINA (Edward Lucas White) THE SUMACH (Ulrich Dumeny) HALF HUMAN (E.F. Benson) THE GORGON (Clark Ashton Smith) WILLIAM WILSON (Edgar Allan Poe) MAN SIZE IN MARBLE (Edith Nesbit) THE PALE APE (M.P. Shiel) THE PIGEONS FROM HELL (Robert E. Howard) CASTING THE RUNES (M.R. James) DRACULA (Bram Stoker) THE STRANGE ORCHID (H.G. Wells) THE HOUSE OF FEAR PRESENTS series offers easy-to-read, easy- to-produce scripts to those who want to create a unique style of theatrical presentation....and they make for fine reading, as well Also, they contain content unique to the genres of HORROR, WEIRD and SCIENCE FICTION. However, these specially formatted scripts may be produced also as RECORDED WORKS, RADIO BROADCASTS....or, even as the basis of FILM and VIDEO presentations. They're perfect for actors scene studies, schools, play festivals, student film projects, etc. More Titles: www.houseoffear.org

Welcome to the House Of Fear Here you will find scripts originally created for the THEATRE OF IMAGINATION...or, LIVE AUDIO THEATRE stage productions as presented by the NYC Performance Group RADIOTHEATRE. Now, RadioTheatre offers these easy-to-read, easy-to-produce scripts to others who want to produce a unique style of Theatre presentation...as well as, unique content found in the genres of HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION and WEIRD fiction. However, these specially formatted scripts may also be produced as RECORDED WORKS, RADIO BROADCASTS ...or, they may even be used as the basis for FILM and TV presentations. Though most of these scripts have been created to blend both story-telling and cinematic styles requiring recorded SOUND DESIGN, MUSIC CUES and voices on MICROPHONES...in which there are no props, no sets, no costumes...some stories may be adapted to fit TRADITIONAL PLAY format. These are stories containing characters, plots and action you won't find in traditional theatre: mad scientists, giant man eating plants, werewolves, vampires, ghosts and intergalactic invasions....King Kong smashing Radio City Music Hall and climbing the Empire State Building...from the battlefields of war to the internal voice of a man going insane...from a poignant story of a woman waiting for her husband to die...to a screaming skull haunting the new resident of a haunted house Turn the lights down low and turn on your imaginations to fill in the visuals. Many of the longer stories are classic works of world fiction: THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, THE TIME MACHINE, THE ISLAND OF DR.MOREAU, KING KONG, as well as, famous short works from an earlier time by H.G.Wells, Bram Stoker, H.P.Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Robert E.Howard...or, not so famous works by long ignored giants of macabre literature, such as, Algernon Blackwood, Edith Nesbit, F.Marion Crawford, etc. Basically, these are tales to be told in near darkness. The scripts require not just great actors, but, great STORY TELLERS. This role is often listed in a cast as NARRATOR. Sometimes, it may be left to the Director's discretion to cast the NARRATOR as either male or female. The story may also require actors to play multiple characters...or, a Director may choose to cast many actors to play these roles. Minor roles may also be recast as either sex. All scripts are expertly crafted for presentation by DAN BIANCHI, Artistic Director and Founder of NYC's award-winning, critically acclaimed Radiotheatre. He has worked over 40 years as writer/director in stage and film media, and, to date, he's the most produced stage writer in NYC. In most cases, the archaic language of 19th Century works has been updated, but, Mr.Bianchi has tried to retain the author's original artistic intention and creation. Characters' names, locations, etc. may be changed. Plots may be condensed, endings may be changed, etc. Remember...the original story was intended to be read as literature and not intended to be presented in a different medium using 21st Century technology. In every case, it is Mr.Bianchi's primary goal to deliver a great story filled with optimal sound design as a most important part of the production. SOUND DESIGN: Sound effects and dramatic music is an integral part of these stories, as necessary as the actors. Scripts contain some, but, not all, printed sound/music cues necessary to make easier reading. Directors may wish to add or change cues. If you do NOT wish to create your own sound design, but, instead wish to purchase pre-recorded cues and music, please contact [email protected].

Fifteen Famous Terror Tales Adapted For Stage, Screen, Radio including: "The Long Gallery" (E.F.Benson) "Herbert West, Reanimator" (H.P.Lovecraft) "Men Without Bones" (Gerald Kersh) "Murders In The Rue Morgue" (Edgar Allan Poe) "From An Amber Block" (Tom Curry) "The Fire" (Algernon Blackwood) "The Werewolves" (Henry Beaugrand) "Monsters In The Night" (Clark Ashton Smith) "A Maniac" (Maurice Level) "The Thing On The Roof" (Robert E. Howard) "The Valley Of The Spiders" (H.G.Wells) "The Signal Man" (Charles Dickens) "The Tragedy At Black Wolf" (Dan Bianchi) "Whatever Happened To Philip?" (Paul Compton) "The Mask" (Robert Chambers) THE HOUSE OF FEAR PRESENTS series offers easy-to-read, easy- to-produce scripts to those who want to create a unique style of theatrical presentation....and they make for fine reading, as well Also, they contain content unique to the genres of HORROR, WEIRD and SCIENCE FICTION. However, these specially formatted scripts may be produced also as RECORDED WORKS, RADIO BROADCASTS....or, even as the basis of FILM and VIDEO presentations. They're perfect for acting scene studies, schools, play festivals, student film projects, etc. More Titles: www.houseoffear.org

Seventeen Famous Tales Of Terror adapted for stage, screen, radio, include: "The Oval Portrait" (Edgar Allan Poe) "The Canterville Ghost" (Oscar Wilde) "On The Road To Brighton" (Richard Middleton) "The Breakdown" (Marjorie Bowen) "The Dead Smile" (F.Marion Crawford) "When I Was Dead" (Vincent Sullivan) "The Woman's Ghost Story" (Algernon Blackwood) "Outside The Door" (E.F.Benson) "Scratching" (Dan Bianchi) "John Charrington's Wedding" (Edith Nesbit) "The Yellow Sign" (Robert Chambers) "Faraway Melody" (Mary Freeman) "The Moonlit Road" (Ambrose Bierce) "Whistle And I Will Come" (M.R.James) "The Open Door" (J.H.Riddell) "The Terror" (De Maupassant) "The Room Of Evil Thought" (E.W.Peattie) THE HOUSE OF FEAR PRESENTS series offers easy-to-read, easy- to-produce scripts to those who want to create a unique style of theatrical presentation....and they make for fine reading, as well Also, they contain content unique to the genres of HORROR, WEIRD and SCIENCE FICTION. However, these specially formatted scripts may be produced also as RECORDED WORKS, RADIO BROADCASTS....or, even as the basis of FILM and VIDEO presentations. They're perfect for acting scene studies, schools, play festivals, student film projects, etc. More Titles: www.houseoffear.org

Fourteen Famous Supernatural Tales adapted by Dan Bianchi for Stage, Screen, Radio including: "The Picture In The House" (H.P.Lovecraft) "The Cask Of Amontillado"(Edgar Allan Poe) "Each Man Kills..." (Victoria Glad) "The Cold Embrace" (Mary Braddon) "The Thing In The Cellar" (David H.Keller) "London After Midnight" (Tod Browning) "The Black Cat" (W.J.Wintle) "The Undying Thing" (Barry Pain) "For Nothing" (Maurice Level) "There Is A Reaper"(Charles DeVet) "The Thing That Smelt"(Christopher Blayre) "Fear" (Guy DeMaupassant) "Mrs.Amworth" (E.F.Benson) "The Middle Toe" (Ambrose Bierce)

Sixteen Famous Terrifying Tales Adapted For Stage, Screen, Radio By Dan Bianchi Includes: "The Black Cat" (Poe) "Let Loose" (Mary Cholmondeley) "The Thing In The Hall"(E.F.Benson) "The Tomb Of Sarah" (F.G.Loring) "Waxworks" (A.M.Burrage) "The Great God Pan" "Out Of The Depths" (Robert Chambers) (Arthur Machen) "A Day Dream" (Fitz James O'Brien) "The Beast In The Cave" (H.P.Lovecraft) "Nightmare House" (Edgar Lucas White) "The Terror By Night" (Dan Bianchi) "Door In The Wall" (H.G. Wells) "Terror Of The Twins" (Algernon Blackwood) "Horror From The Mound" (Robert E.Howard) "The Beast With Five Fingers" (W.F.Harvey) "The Most Dangerous Game" (Richard Connell)

Sixteen Famous Ghost Tales Adapted By Dan Bianchi For Stage, Screen, Radio. Easy to read, easy to produce versions great for actors, schools, play festivals, graduate films, solo performances, etc. Included in GHOST STORIES VOL.2 are short tales by Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Sheridan LeFanu and a new, full-length version by Orson Welles of the greatest ghost story of all time, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. For a complete list of other titles available in The House Of Fear Presents series: www.houseoffear.org