{"product_id":"book-gho6","title":"J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Gothic Horror Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDramatisations and readings of Sheridan Le Fanu's best-known Gothic masterpieces\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the leading ghost story writers of the Victorian era, Sheridan Le Fanu is renowned for his chilling tales of mystery and horror. His pioneering lesbian vampire novella \u003ci\u003eCarmilla\u003c\/i\u003e was a major influence on Bram Stoker's \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, and spawned numerous film adaptations including Hammer Horror's Karnstein Trilogy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpening this anthology is a dramatisation of that classic tale, starring \u003cb\u003eAnne-Marie Duff\u003c\/b\u003e as Laura, the lonely girl living in a solitary Austrian castle, who strikes up a dangerous friendship with the mysterious, bewitching Carmilla. It is followed by \u003cb\u003eIan MacDiarmid\u003c\/b\u003e's reading of '\u003ci\u003eSchalken the Painter\u003c\/i\u003e', the eerie story of a 17th Century Flemish artist in love with his master's daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLe Fanu's suspenseful Gothic thriller, \u003ci\u003eUncle Silas\u003c\/i\u003e, about a young heiress placed under the guardianship of her father's disgraced brother, is dramatised with a full cast including \u003cb\u003eTeresa Gallagher, George Cole, Joan Sims\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eDorothy Tutin\u003c\/b\u003e. Also featured is \u003ci\u003eThe Le Fanu Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e, a supernatural portmanteau drama bridging Le Fanu's era and our world today. Based on the short stories 'The Watcher', 'Madam Crowl's Ghost', 'Schalken the Painter' and 'Mr Justice Harbottle', and set in a basement nightclub in Dublin, it stars \u003cb\u003ePaul Chahidi, Haydn Gwynne\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJonathan Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne unabridged readings conclude our collection. In 'The Ghost and the Bonesetter', read by \u003cb\u003eSean Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e, a terrified house-sitter receives an unusual request from the tyrannical spirit of a local squire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCast and credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Sheridan Le Fanu\u003cbr\u003eFirst published 1838 ('The Ghost and the Bonesetter'), 1839 ('Schalken the Painter'), 1847 ('The Watcher'), 1864 (\u003ci\u003eUncle Silas\u003c\/i\u003e), 1871 ('Madam Crowl's Ghost'), 1872 (\u003ci\u003eCarmilla\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Mr Justice Harbottle')\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarmilla\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: \u003cb\u003eAnne-Marie Duff\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBrana Bajic\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDavid Warner\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCelia Imrie\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Pearce\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNigel Anthony\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRoger May\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKenneth Cranham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Don McCamphill. Produced by Lawrence Jackson\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5 June 2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchalken the Painter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead by Ian McDiarmid. Produced by Lawrence Jackson\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 7, 29-30 May 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUncle Silas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: \u003cb\u003eTeresa Gallagher\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGraham Crowden\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDorothy Tutin, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Sims, Kathleen Byron, Tessa Worsley, John Hartley, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Keeble, Roger May, Geoffrey Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eStephen Critchlow, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Cole\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJane Whittenshaw\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGeorge A Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBecky Hindley\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePauline Letts\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDavid Collings\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJohn Evitts, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda Regan\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJoan Littlewood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Alan Drury. Directed by Enyd Williams\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8-22 October 1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Le Fanu Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: \u003cb\u003ePaul Chahidi\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHaydn Gwynne, Jonathan Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRuth Everett\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMatthew Durkan, Alexandra Hannant,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eRebecca Crankshaw, Chris Jack, Michael Begley\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNeil McCaul. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSheridan Le Fanu's ghost stories adapted by Neil Brand\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Tracey Neale.\u003cbr\u003eMusic composed and played by Neil Brand, with 'Nuala's Ballad' sung by Ruth Everett\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17 April 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ghost and the Bonesetter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead by Sean Barrett. 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