A new musical adaptation of R.A Dick’s acclaimed novel, The Ghost and Mrs Muir, is currently in development, helmed by director Kenneth Hoyt.

Following a 26-year struggle to obtain the stage rights, the novel is probably best known for its 1947 film adaptation starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison, focusing on the ghost-infused romance between new widower, Lucy Muir, and the ghost of Daniel Gregg, a sea captain.

Hoyt said: “I  have known all these years that there is a lush and sweeping musical lurking in the pages of the  novel. It is a period piece yes, and I do think it holds a sort of classicism in its DNA, but at its  heart it is a love story, albeit a haunted one. I have never understood the idea of an “old  fashioned” romance. Romance doesn’t go out of style. I’m excited and very thankful to be part of  any adaptation based on this lovely novel. It has an illustrious history and a stage version seems  a natural fit.” 

The creative team for The Ghost and Mrs Muir is currently being assembled and will be announced in due course here.