Celebrating 100 years of MR James' A Warning to the Curious
1925 saw the publication of A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories, the fourth and final collection from Montague Rhodes James, the Cambridge scholar who became the master of the ghost story.
The title story is arguably James' last great work and certainly his most brutal. It's a story of undeserved death and the hope of not being forgotten. And that's as true for the ghost as it is the protagonist. As the first day of the narrative lands on 17 April, we've chosen to mirror that for this centenary event.
This unique event will see the spellbinding Robert Lloyd Parry perform the original tale before a screening of Lawrence Gordon Clark's celebrated 1972 adaptation. The event will be introduced by Jon Dear, author of the forthcoming book No Diggin' - The Story of the BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas.
Tickets for this celebration of James' work are £15.50 members/£17.50 non-members and includes an allocated seat for both the live performance and the film.
20:30 - Introduction to the evening
20:35 - Live performance
21:20 - Intermission
21:30 - Screening
22:20 - Q&A
22:35 - Finish
About the film:
An amateur archaeologist goes to a remote Norfolk town to search for the lost crown of Anglia, but at every turn he finds his movements tracked by a mysterious stranger dressed in black
The M. R. James Project:
The M. R. James project is an initiative by the Nunkie Theatre Company to bring back to life the eeriest and most entertaining of these enduringly brilliant tales, many of which were originally written to be performed by the James to his friends, in his rooms in King’s College, Cambridge on Christmas Eve, and are now performed by Robert Lloyd Parry, who bears a somewhat uncanny resemblance to the late author...
