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This opening chapter introduces the theatrical ghost story, presenting definitions, parameters of study, and provocations regarding the genre and its potency in stage performance. It presents the argument that staged versions of the supernatural create a performative risk through balancing the ambivalences of illusion and believability which in turn makes the theatrical ghost story exceed in its vigour the affect of the literary form.

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    2025年

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  • Kelly Jones

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This opening chapter introduces the theatrical ghost story, presenting definitions, parameters of study, and provocations regarding the genre and its potency in stage performance. It presents the argument that staged versions of the supernatural create a performative risk through balancing the ambivalences of illusion and believability which in turn makes the theatrical ghost story exceed in its vigour the affect of the literary form.