Shadows and Gestures: Scripts after M R James

In December 2005, Robert Lloyd Parry performed two ghost stories by M R James (1862–1936) in the Founder’s Library of The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Nearly 20 years later, what had been envisaged as a one-off event, has ballooned into “The M R James Project” – a celebration of the author’s life and work that has (so far) produced three documentaries, two short story anthologies, a guided walk, numerous magazine and newspaper articles, and seven stage shows. “Shadows and Gestures” collects the scripts for these shows; adaptations of fourteen of the best ghost stories ever written, for solo peformance.

“The perfect mix of humour, warmth, apprehension and profound unease.” – The Sunday Times

Paperback, 258pp.

Contents: Introduction • Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book • The Mezzotint • The Ash Tree
• Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come To You, My Lad • Lost Hearts • A Warning to the Curious
• Number 13 • Count Magnus • Casting the Runes • The Residence at Whitminster
• A View from a Hill • The Treasure of Abbot Thomas • The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
• An Episode of Cathedral History

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