A School Story and Wailing Well by M R James
Rehearsed Readings by Robert Lloyd Parry
"If you do not come to me... I will come to you!"
Robert Lloyd Parry returns to the Steam Engine Room with two more rehearsed readings of classic supernatural tales by Cambridge's favourite antiquarian, M R James.
In A School Story, a baffling act of revenge is carried out on a charismatic schoolmaster.
Wailing Well was written for the entertainment of the Eton College Scout Troup when M R James was Provost of the school. It is perhaps the grisliest story he ever invented...
Practical information
Tickets cost £12.
The performance is suitable for children aged 12+.
It will take place in the atmospheric Steam Engine Room in the Victorian Pumping Station. Please enter through the Museum’s entrance on Riverside.
The Museum site has uneven floors and the Pumping Station can be cold at night, so please wear warm clothes and sturdy shoes.
For details of transport and parking, please see the visit section of our website.