The Ghost Breaker: A Melodramatic Farce In Four Acts

by Paul Dickey, Charles Goddard

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88 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1914

Reviews

[Melinda Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this. I actually listened to a dramatic reading via livrivox (which I recommend to those who like myself can't afford audible). It was an interesting tale with mystery, a princess, and a ghost.

[Isabella · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book reads like propaganda for both Kentucky and the confederacy while being laughably stupid. It has a stupid overconfident main character, a goal-focused princess with a ridiculously long name, a shady duke who is obsessed with trying to date his cousin (a.k.a the princess), and Dusty the loyal "servant" who slowly transforms into Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. This book also has blood feuds, having the state you were born in being your entire personality, haunted castles, falling in love only because it is convenient for the plot, and racism. Even with this book being written at a different time it is still uncomfortable during certain parts. So I honestly think this is a perfect book to be rewritten or remade since the plot is fun and the characters are the perfect amount of crazy.

[Joey · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a build up for nothing.

[Molly Hart · Rating 3 out of 5]

This play has aged a little poorly, and gets wrapped up way too quickly. The beginning was interesting though.

[John Love IV · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this because several movies were made of it including ones by Crosby and Hope, and Martin and Lewis. Both under different names. I thought it might be fun to do on stage.

Due to it's age, several characters would have to be rewritten and language and characterization of the time would make it appear racist to modern audiences and in the current political and cultural times, it's not acceptable.

None the less, it's a funny farcical romp and could be fun.