the most spirits mentioned?

[mike thomas]

I know Macbeth and Hamlet mention 'spirit' lots of times, but which play mentions spirit the most times?

[cacian]

Well there is
The Spirit of the Dead Watching by Gauguin

Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao tupapau) is an 1892 oil on burlap canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, depicting a nude Tahitian girl lying on her stomach. An old woman is seated behind her. In Tahitian mythology the title may refer to either the girl imagining the ghost, or the ghost imagining her.[1]

Here is the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Gauguin-_Manao_tupapau_(The_Spirit_of_the_Dead_Keep_Watch) .JPG


There is also the play called

GHOST(Gengangere) in Danish
Ghosts is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1881 and first staged in 1882.[1] Like many of Ibsen's better-known plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th-century morality.
Here is the link:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1160460#post1160460

There were plenty of ghosts and dreams in the renaissance drama here is a quote:

Sinister, unearthly, sometimes even all-knowing: Ghosts and metaphysical entities accompany stories, legends and and superstitious tales throughout the centuries. They are doomed as evil and satanic, or used to illustrate morality by “settling” their earthly bussiness with human evil-doers. They might even be good, yet can never completely to be trusted. Their connection with the dead makes them attractive as characters with powers above the human boundries. In the Elizabethan drama as in contrast to modern dramas, supernatural events and entities such as ghosts, apparitions, dreams and visions play a major and sometimes even crucial role in the plot. In this paper I would like to take a closer look at the Elizabethan fascination with the “unseen”, how authors implemented it into their plays and what roles these ghosts and dreams played. Introductory I will look at the general view of the unnatrural from the Renaissance perspective. In order to stay within the proper range of this paper I have chosen a selection of four tragedies written by four different playwrights. In each of the plays, a ghostly character appears, mostly in dreamlike visions. I would like to discuss the scenes in which these characters appear and compare the characters with another in the conclusion of the paper.


Also in Japanese
Restless Spirits from Japanese Noh Plays of the Fourth Group: Kazuraki, Saigyo-Zakura, Tenko, Funabashi
http://eap.einaudi.cornell.edu/node/8733

There is of course The Life Of Brian film where spirits are mentioned.

[kelby_lake]

Here you go:
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/concordance/o/?i=763858&pleasewait=1&msg=sr

You can do a separate search for "spirits". Hamlet has more spirits than Macbeth.

[mike thomas]

thanks for thae help folks.