Comparing every version of The Woman In Black

Описание: The Woman In Black is a brilliantly creepy ghost story, but there are four different versions with four different endings. Which ending is your favourite – the book, the play, the 1989 TV film, or the 2012 theatrical film starring Daniel Radcliffe? I think my favourite is probably the 2012 film, but that was also the first one I saw!

00:00 Introduction
01:21 The story
05:41 The time period
13:03 Mourning dress
20:15 The book
23:01 The play
24:51 The 1989 TV film
27:44 The 2012 film
36:36 Loki!

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Books and sources

Lucy Worsley, An Intimate History of the Home

Fiona Kay and Neil R. Storey, Victorian Fashions for Women

Manners and Rules of Good Society, Or, Solecisms to be Avoided by a Member of the Aristocracy. London: Frederick Warne, 1888. via https://victorianweb.org/history/mour....

https://www.joyvspicer.com/joy-blog/2...

Image credits:

NB: Some images including screenshots from the 1989 and 2012 version and stills from various stage productions were taken from an old powerpoint in which I hadn’t noted where they were from, but I couldn’t track them down again to cite the source!

Screenshots and publicity stills from The Woman In Black (2012) via http://allscreencaps.com/photo/8405/s... and https://www.truemythmedia.com/true-my...

Screenshots from The Woman In Black (1989) via https://www.slashertrash.com/the-woma... and https://www.britmovie.co.uk/forum/liv...

Images from the West End production via https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/...

Illustration from “Oh Whistle and I’ll Come To You My Lad”: Book: James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936 ; Illustration: James McBryde, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

St Micheal’s Mount, Cornwall: Tide starts to cover the Causeway by N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

Louisa Brown in mourning clothes, 1908, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Princess Sophie of Prussia and Constantine, Duke of Sparta, 1888: Wilhelm Höffert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Victorian mourning dress advert: Unsigned, anonymous commercial artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Queen Victorian and grandchildren in mourning for Princesses Alice and Marie in 1879: W. & D. Downey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Queen Victoria in 1863: Lytton Strachey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Prince Albert’s daughters in mourning, 1862: William Bambridge, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Woman in half-mourning sketch: unknown, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Fashion plate showing evening mourning dress, 1810: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sheikh Chidda and Queen Victoria, 1893: Hills & Saunders, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Victorian carte de visite of a woman wearing a jet necklace via https://www.morninggloryjewelry.com/a...

Full mourning c1860 via http://www.katetattersall.com/mournin...

Other photos author’s own