Wednesday 14 July 2021

Sir Michael Hordern's M.R. James Readings

Many years ago I bought one of the Argo double cassettes (remember those?) of... well, the title of this blog post will tell you what I bought. Now, after many years of bootlegs and general nonsense, there seems to be a legit downloadable version of the readings. They can be purchased at Audible here.


The cheap cover hints at a cheap production, and sure enough it is a barebones effort. However, all the readings are here. (Warning - there are several Quick Classics MRJ's but this is only one containing all the readings.) The contents are:

'The Diary of Mr. Poynter'
'Casting the Runes'
'Oh Whistle...'
'Count Magnus'
'The Ash-Tree'
'Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book'
'The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral'
'Lost Hearts'
'Rats'
'The Haunted Dolls' House'
'There Was a Man Dwelt...'
'The Mezzotint'

That's over six hours of fine listening! 

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