The Mezzotint

"The Mezzotint" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his first collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904).

"The Mezzotint"
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
AuthorM.R. James
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Horror
Publication date1904

Plot summary

Mr. Williams, the curator of a university art museum (implied to be Oxford) receives a mezzotint from an art dealer. The very disturbing engraving changes each time Mr. Williams and the colleagues he enlists look at it. In the end, it is suggested that the nighttime engraving depicts a vengeful poacher named Gawdy, returning from the grave to kidnap and murder the infant heir of a Mr. Arthur Francis. Gawdy had been hanged for shooting a gamekeeper while poaching on Francis' land.[1]

Adaptation

The Mezzotint has been adapted for television, written and directed by Mark Gatiss. The drama was made by Can Do Productions and Adorable Media for BBC Television and scheduled for broadcast at Christmas Eve 2021. Filming was completed in February 2021.[2]

References
  1. James, M.R. (1993). Collected ghost stories (Repr. ed.). Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth. pp. 20–29. ISBN 1853260533.
  2. "The Mezzotint, a ghost story for Christmas from M. R. James and Mark Gatiss, is announced". BBC Media Centre. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.


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