HomeM R James at Christmas

The Tractate Middoth

BBC Radio 4

10:45-11:00, Tuesday, 25 December 2007

Derek Jacobi as the voice of MR James introduces classic ghost stories. 2/5.

Diligent curator David Garrett gets caught up in the machinations of the mysterious Dr Rant when he is sent down to the library stacks to retrieve an obscure manuscript.

Garrett ...... Joseph Millson

Lucy Simpson ...... Joannah Tincey

Mr Eldred ...... John Rowe

Mr Thompson ...... Sam Dale

With specially composed music by Nicolai Abrahamsen. Dramatised for radio by Chris Harrald.

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Woman's Hour Drama: The Tractate Middoth BBC Radio 4: 10:45-11:00, Tuesday, 25 December 2007

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