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Our last viewing of the annus horribilis that was 2022 will be A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story tomorrow, December 30, at 2:30 US Central time, 8:30 UK time. Mark plays Marley and wrote the adaptation. Let's end the year with shared festivity and a hope for positive change.

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Gatiss' Halloween costume folks

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Mark’s Ghost Stories on DVD

Oooooh !

Fan of Mark’s Ghost Stories ? Here’s something you’ll want. A DVD collecting all four “inspired by the short stories of M.R. James”. (The Dead Room stretches that a bit, but they’re saying the main character misses stories that use his rules.) 

Also included are The Tractate Middoth, Martin’s Close, and The Mezzotint, as well as an 8-page booklet with Mark’s production notes. 

Unfortunately, UK only at this point. Amazon.co.uk has a preorder available here. 

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Gatiss' Christmas Carol Adaptation Returning to Stage This Winter

At the Nottingham Playhouse and Alexandra Palace.

"Gatiss' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story will also return to the Playhouse from 27 October to 18 November. ... Gatiss commented: 'I'm delighted that my adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is returning to Nottingham Playhouse and Alexandra Palace this year after such a successful outing last time. I'm sad to say, that having fulfilled my lifetime ambition of Jacob Marley, I shall be hanging up my chains, but I am extremely delighted and excited at the prospect of a new Scrooge and Marley to take up the reins for this festive season. I can't wait to be part of it again and see it from the other side of the veil.'

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If you’re still undecided on whether to go see Mark Gatiss’ A Christmas Carol in theaters, note that there’s a Q&A with him, star Nicholas Farrell and director Adam Penford in this particular theater on November 20. Tickets available here. 

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From this evening’s “The Spectre at the Feast - A Talk With Mark Gatiss”. A wonderful talk in which he took questions about writing and enjoying horror and ghost stories. 

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At the December 6 BFI Mezzotint preview, I happened to be in the lobby when Mr. Mark Gatiss arrived. Which I realized because I heard his voice. 

And yes, he’s carrying an umbrella, because it was a rainy night. 

I have photos from the event itself, but I went a little shutter-happy and have to sort through the way-too-many I took to find the best ones. 

I don’t know who he’s talking to, but I’m pretty sure he’s a reporter, as there was a press event just after the preview. 

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Tomorrow is once again watchalong time! It’s a double bill of spookiness, with the MR James: Ghost Writer documentary and The Spectre at the Feast talk. 

Ghosts are still timely in winter, right? 2 PM Central US / 8 PM UK, ask if you need the link. 

Also, if you can’t join us, Dartington has put the latter presentation online. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKMR5qY_vr4

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Wow, those are some chains.

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Imagine my surprise to open the Sunday paper I bought and see this article. 

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Drama Quarterly on The Amazing Mr Blunden and some of Mark’s other festive projects. 

Notable to me for this new piece of information: 

As a writer of several adaptations, Gatiss now has his own trusty process: buy two copies of the book and break their spines. “It’s a horrific moment,” he jokes, “but you have to do it because you can’t be constantly turning the pages.”

Book maimer! 

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Love that position