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October 21, 22, 28, 29, 30,
1994
Plank Road School |
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Seeking to
escape the demands of life in London, Pam Fitzgerald and her brother,
Roddy, an aspiring playwright, discover a charming house in the west of
England, overlooking the Irish Sea. The house, Cliff End, has long been
empty, and they are able to purchase it at a suspiciously low price from
crusty Commander Brooke, the village curmudgeon. The reason is soon
apparent: The house has an unsavory reputation. Fifteen years earlier a
murder may or may not have occurred by the gnarled tree that can be
viewed from the parlor window. Slowly the Fitzgeralds begin to sense the
evil spirit that still inhabits the house, announcing its presence with
a sudden, bone-chilling cold. Their housekeeper's cat will not enter the
nursery, where the sound of a weeping woman adds to the tense
atmosphere, and the scent of a flowery, exotic perfume called mimosa
comes and goes. The village doctor, the local gossip, and a former
governess visit, with strange stories of the beautiful Mary Meredith,
who once lived in the house and of the striking, unstable Carmel, who
posed for a painting that led to her destruction. With the help of
Mary's daughter, Stella, a beautiful young girl whose mysterious birth
holds the key to the puzzle, and a séance arranged by an actress friend
of the Fitzgeralds, Cliff End is forced, at last, to reveal its dark
secrets
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