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  • Published: 2 June 2014
  • ISBN: 9781849418799
  • Imprint: Red Fox
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $22.99

The Spook's Apprentice - Play Edition




A play script edition of this bestselling story about an apprentice being trained to fight creatures of the dark by Joseph Delaney.

Joseph Delaney's popular book, The Spook's Apprentice, told the story of Thomas Ward, apprenticed to the local spook to help keep the county safe from the Dark. The novel is the inspiration for the movie Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Julianne Moore, but has now been adapted for the stage by Joseph and his son Stephen.


Suitable for casts large and small, this script is ideal for use in drama groups, english lessons and school plays.

  • Published: 2 June 2014
  • ISBN: 9781849418799
  • Imprint: Red Fox
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Joseph Delaney

Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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