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MR James: Sheila Hodgson - The Backward Glance

Sheila Hodgson - The Backward Glance

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M.R. James's tale of a mysterious mask made of silk and skin, adapted by Sheila Hodgson.

The tale of a mysterious mask made of silk and skin. Sheila Hodgson's adaptation of MR James's story. Stars David March.

"The object he handed me was made of black silk, beautifully worked. I put the period at late 18th century. Oh, and one more point about the mask ... across the slits which would normally have been left open for the eyes, there had been stitched something which looked like human skin!"

Based on M.R. James’s mysterious tale and scripted by Sheila Hodgson.

CAST:
 
M.R. James …. David March
Nicholas Pawle …. Paul Meier
Margaret Pawle …. Nicolette McKenzie
Eugene Borelman …. Douglas Blackwell
Kitty Kay …. Carole Boyd
Violet …. Heather Bell
Cabby/Stage Doorkeeper …. William Eedle
 
Directed by David Johnstone.
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.

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