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The Castle Spectre is a 1797 dramatic romance in five acts by Matthew "Monk" Lewis. It is a Gothic drama set in medieval Conway, Wales. The Castle Spectre was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 14 December 1797. The original cast included William Barrymore, Richard Wroughton, Charles Kemble, John Palmer, James Aickin, William Dowton, Jane Powell and Dorothea Jordan. In a period when very few plays reached ten performances in a season, it was staged forty-seven times before June, when the theatre closed for the summer. The play had a long run also in the following year and remained in the repertoire until the late 1820s, and was revived until the end of the century.
"The Castle Spectre" is a dramatic romance in five acts by Matthew "Monk" Lewis. It is a Gothic drama set in medieval Conwy, Wales. The play is about Percy, the Count of Northumberland and his quest to gain the hand of the fair Lady Angela. Fearful of his rank lest she loves him on account of it, he pretends to be a peasant to win her affections. And he succeeds in this. But just before he proposes to her, she is whisked away by the Earl of Osmond. In order to get back his love, Percy will have to go to the Earl's castle, a foreboding place that is said to be haunted...