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    Casting the Runes: A Full-Cast Audio Drama
    Casting the Runes: A Full-Cast Audio Drama
    Casting the Runes: A Full-Cast Audio Drama
    Audiobook (abridged)28 minutes

    Casting the Runes: A Full-Cast Audio Drama

    Written by M. R. James and Bleak December

    Narrated by David Warner, Anthony D.P. Mann and The Bleak December Players

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    About this audiobook

    “You are allowed 3 days...”

    The publication of a mysterious book on the history of witchcraft is at the center of a dark and terrifying mystery. It’s a race against time as Edward Dunning must try to unravel the secret of the ancient runes, and a demonic curse placed upon him by the evil Magnus Karswell—played by legendary film star David Warner (The Omen, Titanic). A classic chiller brought to life in this terrifying adaptation of the M.R. James classic!

    Cast:David Warner (Karswell), Anthony D.P. Mann (Dunning), Terry Wade (Rhodes), Anne-Marie Bergman (Mme. Somnambula), Steven Spencer (The Professor), Dave Hudson (Cabby #1 / Porter), Nikolas Yuen (Freder / Cabby #2 / The Demon). Music by Brent Holland

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 10, 2017
    ISBN9781543623079
    Casting the Runes: A Full-Cast Audio Drama
    Author

    M. R. James

    Montague Rhodes James was born in 1862 at Goodnestone Parsonage, Kent, where his father was a curate, but the family moved soon afterwards to Great Livermere in Suffolk. James attended Eton College and later King's College Cambridge where he won many awards and scholarships. From 1894 to 1908 he was Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and from 1905 to 1918 was Provost of King's College. In 1913, he became Vice-Chancellor of the University for two years. In 1918 he was installed as Provost of Eton. A distinguished medievalist and scholar of international status, James published many works on biblical and historical antiquarian subjects. He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1930. His ghost story writing began almost as a divertissement from his academic work and as a form of entertainment for his colleagues. His first collection, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary was published in 1904. He never married and died in 1936.

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      Good quality production and melodramatic story. An enjoyable short dramatisation.

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