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Michael Punter has written a number of plays that engage with the supernatural, including Darker Shores, produced by Hampstead Theatre in 2009, and Stagefright, produced by the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds in 2012. His ghost play for children, The Nightwatch, was produced by Pop-Up Theatre in 2002 and toured the UK thereafter. Michael is Director of Theatre Education for CAPA, The Global Education Network, based in London. His academic research has focused on the career of Henry Irving. At CAPA, his courses include Witchcraft and Magical Performance in London. In this interview with Benjamin Poore, Michael discusses his early influences, the relationship between theatre and ghosts, theatre for and about young people, and the challenges and paradoxes of staging the supernatural and the Gothic.
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Poore, B. (2018). Writing the Ghost—An Interview with Playwright Michael Punter. In: Jones, K., Poore, B., Dean, R. (eds) Contemporary Gothic Drama. Palgrave Gothic. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95359-2_13
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