Tied Cottage - the screenplay

Below, I have printed the first five pages from the screenplay version of "Tied Cottage" that had garnered much interest after being read, as a radio play, by The Script Reading Panel.  Listeners have been intrigued by the story about Jack Maltravers, a famed author of esoteric novels, who disappears whilst staying at the Tied Cottage, of the title, with his wife, Melissa, during the early 1960s in the Forest of Dean. Jack is convinced an ancient parasite has control of his conscience as his perception of reality alters and is responsible for his madness, eventual disappearance, until his body is discovered in the foundations of the cottage nearly fifty years later. The screenplay offers a different perspective as it is seen from both Jack and Melissa's viewpoint. The catalyst this time is an ancient Celtic figurine that is discovered in the garden by their dog, Archie. The full screenplay will be published at a later date. The extract was typed using Final Draft 13, but