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Dickens’s sinister explorations of the spirit world

A red light. A black tunnel. A waving figure. A warning beyond understanding. And the fear that someone – that something – is drawing closer…

The Signal-Man is one of the most powerful ghost stories of all time and certainly the most frightening ever written by Charles Dickens. It is paired here with The Trial for Murder, in which Dickens treats the supernatural with just as much terrifying gravity.

Actor

James Swanton

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Upcoming events

2 - 8 Nov, 2026

The Signal-Man · York Theatre Royal

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