The Haunting of Hill House – Lyceum Theatre
There is something particularly appropriate about staging a haunted house story within the magnificent Victorian architecture of Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre. Its ornate interior provides a fitting introduction to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, a Gothic tale in which architecture is not merely the setting for the drama but effectively another character within it.
Adapted for the stage by Stef Smith and directed by Martin Constantine, this production offers an evening of considerable theatrical invention, although it takes some time to find its feet.
The story follows Eleanor, a socially isolated young woman who joins a small group assembled by Dr Montague to investigate the mysterious Hill House. What begins as an apparently straightforward exploration of supe...