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The Mezzotint & other moving images

Stories by M R James and E G Swain

Performed by Robert Lloyd Parry

Contents:

By M R James
‘The Mezzotint’ – a candlelit performance
‘A Night in King’s College Chapel’ – a reading with introduction
‘The Haunted Dolls’ House’ – a reading with introduction

By E G Swain
‘The Man with the Roller’ – a reading with introduction

PLEASE NOTE: To save on plastic and postage this will come packaged not in a traditional DVD case, but enclosed in a specially designed ‘greetings’ card.

£16 inc p&p. UK only
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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 (preview included)
• 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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Shadows and Gestures eBook

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The Witches of M R James

“It will be long, I think, before we arrive at any just estimate of the amount of solid reason—if there was any—which lay at the root of the universal fear of witches in old times…”

M R James was fascinated by the history and folklore of witches, and in Mrs Mothersole, the shape-shifting wise woman of Castringham, he created one of his most intriguing and terrifying characters. This DVD presents tellings of his two stories that deal most directly with witchcraft – The Ash Tree and The Fenstanton Witch – and a new documentary that delves into the writer’s childhood to suggest a possible inspiration behind his interest.

Contents:
‘The Ash Tree’ — a candlelit performance
‘The Shrew Ash’ — a new documentary - watch here free
‘The Fenstanton Witch’ — a reading on location
Malcolm Gaskill, historian of witchcraft — an interview

PLEASE NOTE: To save on plastic and postage this will come packaged not in a traditional DVD case, but enclosed in a specially designed ‘greetings’ card.

To order email roblloydparry@hotmail.com

Ghosts of the Chit-Chat DVD

M R James read his earliest ghost stories aloud to fellow members of The Chit-Chat, a Cambridge University society that met every Saturday during term time to drink punch, take snuff and listen to papers on ‘any subject that might provoke interesting conversation.’ This DVD includes performances of James’s two earliest tales as well as works by other members of the Chit-Chat, and is a tie in with the anthology published by Swan River Press.

Contents: ‘Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book’ and ‘Lost Hearts’ by M R James.

Bonus Features:
‘An Introduction to the Chit-Chat’; ‘Basil Netherby’ by A C Benson; ‘The Dean’s Story’ by Robert Carr Bosanquet; ‘Useless Knowledge’ by M R James.

PLEASE NOTE: To save on plastic and postage this will come packaged not in a traditional DVD case, but enclosed in a specially designed ‘greetings’ card.

To order email roblloydparry@hotmail.com