Bram Stoker The Lair Of The White Worm

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Play of the Week: The Lair of the White Worm  First broadcast: Sat 4th Dec 2004, 18:30 on BBC World Service Bram Stoker’s gothic tale of horror adapted by Brian Wright Set in 1870 in the High Peak district of Derbyshire. Adam Salton, on a visit to his elderly uncle in the village of Penda's Dale, realises that the disappearance of several local men is not accidental. Soundtrack specially commissioned from the San Francisco-based sound sculptors Matmos. Producer: Rishi Shankar Starring Jimi Mistry as Adam Salton, Peter Marinker as Dr Daniel Salton and Ben Crowe as Frank Davenport. Bram Stoker's last novel. First published by Rider and Son of London in 1911 –   the year before Stoker's death – with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith In a tale of ancient evil, Bram Stoker creates a world of lurking horrors and bizarre denizens: a demented mesmerist, hellbent on mentally crushing the girl he loves; a gigantic kite raised to rid the land of an unnatural infestation of birds, and which receives strange commands along its string; and all the while, the great white worm slithers below, seeking its next victim...

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.