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MR James

Martin's Close

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

'What see you in the comer of the court, that you fix your eyes on it and not on me, your Judge?'

Will the trial of Squire George Martin need help from beyond the grave to convict him of murder?

MR James's ghostly tale first published in 1911.

Dramatised by Michael and Mollie Hardwick

Judge Jeffreys ...... Donald Wolfit
Thomas Snell ...... Frank Partington
Betty Clark ...... Barbara Mitchell
George Martin ...... Anthony Hall
Parson Matthews ...... Rolf Lefebvre
Ann Clark ...... Sheila Grant
Clerk of the Court ...... George Hagan
Sarah Arscott ...... Daphne Heard
William Reddaway ...... Francis Larkin
The Recorder ...... Earle Grey
The Attorney General ...... Godfrey Kenton
The Marshal ...... Donald McKillop

Producer: Charles Lefeaux

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in August 1963. Show less

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