An Evening of Ghost Stories by M.R. James

Schedule

Fri Oct 17 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Hanbury Hall | Bromsgrove, EN

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Join Behind the Door Productions for ‘An Evening of Ghost Stories by M. R. James' at Hanbury Hall on Friday 17 October.
"Yet, in all this quiet, there was an acute, an acrid consciousness of a restrained hostility very near to us, like a dog on a leash that might be let go at any moment."
ACT 1: ‘The Mezzotint’ follows Mr Williams, the curator of a university art museum, who receives a mezzotint from an art dealer. What Mr Williams comes to discover is that the picture appears to move every time he looks at it. But the story the mezzotint is showing is something far more sinister than Mr Williams first thought...
ACT 2: In 'Whistle and I'll Come to You', a young professor, whilst walking in an English coastal village, stumbles upon a strange whistle. When blown, this sets in motion a chain of unexpected events.
In this one-man performance, Toby Burchell performs two chilling tales by the finest writer of the ghost story genre, M. R. James. Originally narrated by James himself as an entertainment for friends, these are the perfect traditional ghost stories.
The performance will begin at 7pm and the Courtyard Kitchen will be open before the show and during the interval for drinks and refreshments.
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Hanbury Hall, Droitwich, Bromsgrove, United Kingdom

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