The characters in “Ghost” all hold their own secrets. They hide these secrets in a number of layers that are peeled away throughout the play, but these layers cause the characters, under all of these layers, begin to have this disease sort of feeling feeding on all the secrets that they are holding and festering within them. The play is about an idea of secrets being a disease and it affecting the lives of them all in their own way.
The design focuses on trying to create an unsettling feeling of layering and isolation by creating an environment that is completed surrounded by these walls surrounded by fog and trees outside that can barely be seen. There are two separate spaces, the interior space and the conservatory connected to the outside with a large, open window. The two spaces mimic one another in furniture but the back room is barely used and is covered up by a set of sliding french doors to emphasize the idea of a hidden secret and underuse of a large space.
