The Tractate Middoth
| "The Tractate Middoth" | |
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| Author | M.R. James |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror short story |
"The Tractate Middoth" is a short ghost story by British author M. R. James. It was published in 1911 in More Ghost Stories, James's second collection of ghost stories.
Adaptations
On 7 May 1951, an American television adaptation of the story was broadcast as "The Lost Will of Dr Rant", as part of the Lights Out mystery series. It starred Leslie Nielsen.[1][2]
On 26 February 1966, a version of the story adapted by Dennis Webb was broadcast by ATV and Thames Television as part of the Mystery and Imagination series of ghost story adaptations. It starred Giles Block, David Buck and John Crocker.[3]
On 25 December 2007 the story was read on BBC Radio 4 by Derek Jacobi as part of the M R James at Christmas series.[4]
| "The Tractate Middoth" | |
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| A Ghost Story for Christmas episode | |
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| Episode no. |
Season 2 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | Mark Gatiss |
| Written by |
M. R. James (story) Mark Gatiss (adaptation) |
| Original air date | 25 December 2013 |
On 25 December 2013, a version of the story adapted by Mark Gatiss was broadcast by the BBC2 as part of the long-running A Ghost Story for Christmas series. It stars Sacha Dhawan, John Castle, Louise Jameson, Una Stubbs, David Ryall, Eleanor Bron, Nick Burns and Roy Barraclough.[5][6] Rather than use a copy of the tractate Middoth as a prop, a copy of another rabbinic Jewish text, the Arba'ah Turim Orach Chayim, was used and often shown held upside down.
References
- ↑ "Episode 11 – The Tractate Middoth - A Podcast to the Curious". The M.R. James Podcast. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ ""Lights Out" The Lost Will of Dr. Rant (TV Episode 1951)". IMDb. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ ""Mystery and Imagination" The Tractate Middoth (TV Episode 1966)". IMDb. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "15 Minute Drama, M R James at Christmas, The Tractate Middoth". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ Jones, Paul. "The Tractate Middoth and An Adventure in Space and Time to air on Christmas Day on BBC2". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ Daly, Emma. "Mark Gatiss casts Sherlock’s Una Stubbs in festive ghost story". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
External links
The full text of The Tractate Middoth at Wikisource
The Tractate Middoth public domain audiobook at LibriVox- Edwards, Roger (29 November 2013). "The Tractate Middoth (2013)". Contains Moderate Peril. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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