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5. The Bringer of Mystery

A beautiful mysterious stranger enters Scythrop’s life, to fill a recently created void. Read by Kenneth Williams.

A beautiful mysterious stranger enters Scythrop’s life, to fill a recently created void.

Kenneth Williams continues the Gothic satire poking fun at the Romantic Movement in English literature of the time and its obsession with the morbid.

First published in 1818, ‘Nightmare Abbey’ follows the fortunes of widower Christopher Glowry, who lives with his son, Scythrop, in the dilapidated family mansion- in Lincolnshire, on a dry stretch of land between the sea and the fens.

Abridged in eight parts and produced by Martin Remes.

First broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 in 1979.

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 17 Nov 2018 02:00

Broadcasts

  • Fri 16 Nov 2018 14:00
  • Sat 17 Nov 2018 02:00