'A Warning to the Curious' - Centenary Performance and Screening

The Garden Cinema at 39-41 Parker Street, London WC2B 5PQ is presenting on Thursday 17 April a performance of M R James' 'A Warning to the Curious' by noted ghost story raconteur Robert Lloyd Parry, followed by a screening of Lawrence Gordon Clarke's much-treasured 1972 television adaptation of the story. 

The date has been chosen to echo the start of the tale's narrative, and also celebrates the centenary this year (in October) of James' fourth volume of tales, A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories. The announcement suggests: '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 of the protagonist.'

The event will be introduced by Jon Dear, author of a forthcoming study, 'No Diggin' - The Story of the BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas (Headpress). An extract from the book, 'Whistle Down the Wind', can be read at the publisher's website.