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The Backward Glance by Sheila Hodgson

The tale of a mysterious mask made of silk and skin. Sheila Hodgson's adaptation of MR James's story. Stars David March.

"The object he handed me was made of black silk, beautifully worked. I put the period at late 18th century.

Oh, and one more point about the mask... across the slits which would normally have been left open for the eyes, there had been stitched something which looked like human skin!"

A cycling tour in the Cotswolds comes to sinister conclusion.

Based on MR James’s mysterious tale - adapted by Sheila Hodgson.

MR James …. David March
Nicholas Pawle …. Paul Meier
Margaret Pawle …. Nicolette McKenzie
Eugene Borelman …. Douglas Blackwell
Kitty Kay …. Carole Boyd
Violet …. Heather Bell
Cabby/Stage Doorkeeper …. William Eedle

Director: David Johnstone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1977.

45 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Apr 202500:00
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