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To apply for livestream or record & stream rights, please complete this form. To review some frequently asked questions about streaming, please click here. Notes Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available After Sir Simon helps rescue her from some thieving gypsies, Virginia is able to assist him in finding rest at last. Only Virginia, the courageous older daughter, attempts to understand the ghost's problems.

Otis offer the ghost oil for his chains and medicine for indigestion, and the children pester him with mischievous pranks. Around 1900, the house is sold to an American businessman and his family who refuse to be scared by strange apparitions. A 16th-century ghost named Sir Simon, haunts his family mansion, periodically terrifying its inhabitants. Sparkling with his trademark wit, this classic tale is one of Oscar Wilde's finest stories and is presented here with three other comic mystery stories, 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime', 'The Sphinx without a Secret' and 'The Model Millionaire', all of which were first published together in 1891.From page to stage, discover this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's whimsical, shivery and moving story about a ghost who is tired of haunting. As the spirit is deserted by his capacity to scare, Virginia, the Otises' daughter, gets to know him and learns the tragic tale behind his sad fate. However, the ghost struggles to intimidate his new victims, as they counter his ghoulish behaviour with typically transatlantic pragmatism, offering lubricator for his chains and cleaning up the stains with detergent. Their disbelief is soon shattered by the nightly sound of rattling chains in the hallways and the appearance of mysterious bloodstains in the living room. When the Americans Mr and Mrs Otis and their four children move into Canterville Chase, its previous occupant Lord Canterville warns them that the ghost of his ancestor still haunts the house. The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories Synopsis

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