Hello.
I've re-written an idea about ghosts after getting some useful feed back on a previous incarnation. I've moved there scene from the arrest to the interrogation room and tried to tighten it up in general. Thanks for any thoughts
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INT. AN INTERROGATION ROOM. A DETECTIVE ( DET ) SITS ONE SIDE OF A TABLE.
AN EMPTY CHAIR ( GHOST ) SITS OPPOSITE.
DET:
For the tape, confirm that your name is Ghosty Spook and you have been dead since nineteen sixty one.
GHOST:
( In a typical ghost voice ) Yeeeeeees.
DET:
Don't get funny with me.
GHOST:
( Changes to a normal voice ) Yes.
DET:
Now, where were you on the night of the haunting?
GHOST:
Don't know what you're talking about mate, I was in limbo all night weren't I.
DET:
Funny that, because when we picked you up you had this.
THE DETECTIVE PRODUCES A WHITE LINEN SHEET.
GHOST:
I'm taking evening classes aren't I. Textiles.
DET:
What about these?
THE DETECTIVE MANEUVERS THE SHEET TO SHOW TWO HOLES.
GHOST:
It was only the first lesson.
THE DETECTIVE THROWS SOME CHAINS ON THE TABLE.
GHOST:
They do a Blacksmith course 'n all.
DET:
You know the rules. No new full apparitions. Not unless you died before eighteen twelve.
GHOST:
I got to do something with me time. To be honest, limbo seems to be going on a bit.
DET:
You can opt for the Blurred Unidentified Mirage Programme.
GHOST:
You mean Orbs? That crap with the photos? I'm a performer you know? I feed of the audience. Anyway aint that just dust and light? Refraction and all that caper?
DET
Pretty much but it seems to do the trick. You don't even have to be anywhere spooky.
GHOST:
Really? Crikey.
DET:
I know, incredible isn't it.
THE DETECTIVE LEAVES THE ROOM.
END.