
audiobook
by Paul Dickey, Charles Goddard
THE GHOST BREAKER - By PAUL DICKEY and CHARLES GODDARD
CONTENTS (Supplied by Transcriber)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (Supplied by Transcriber)
The Ghost Breaker - A MELODRAMATIC FARCE IN FOUR ACTS - BY PAUL DICKEY and CHARLES GODDARD
THE CAST
The Ghost Breaker - ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
STAGE MANAGER'S PLOT
Set in the bustling Manhattan Hotel at the crack of dawn, the story opens with a startled princess and a frantic newcomer bursting through a locked door. Their whispered commands against the backdrop of distant gunshots set a tone that balances tension with a wry sense of humor. The cast includes a Kentucky adventurer, a loyal maid, and a colorful array of detectives and servants, each poised to add their own spin to the confusion.
From the cramped hotel room, the action quickly leaps to the deck of the S.S. Aquitania, a remote tavern in Spain, and finally to an ancient castle, promising a whirlwind tour of eerie corridors and hidden passages. As the characters chase rumors of a missing prince and a lurking specter, comedic misunderstandings collide with genuine peril, making every revelation feel both surprising and delightfully absurd. Listeners will find a spirited blend of mystery, romance, and farcical slapstick that keeps the momentum humming from scene to scene.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (97K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by K Nordquist, David Cortesi, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
Feb 27, 2008
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1885–1933
Best remembered for lively Broadway melodramas and mystery plays, this American writer moved easily between the stage and early Hollywood. His best-known work, The Ghost Breaker, helped shape a whole line of haunted-house adventure stories that followed.
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1879–1951
Best remembered for helping shape the cliffhanger spirit of early film, this American writer moved easily between journalism, Broadway, and popular fiction. His work helped bring fast-paced stage and screen storytelling to a wide audience in the 1910s and 1920s.
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