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Miss Morison’s Ghosts
1st Broadcast 18.30 11th December 2004 BBC World Service
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Synopsis
Play of The Week
Based on the actual accounts of two English Oxford academics, Miss Morison’s Ghosts recounts the paranormal events experienced by Charlotte Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain in the gardens of the Palace Of Versailles, in France, one August afternoon in 1901.
The two women mysteriously find themselves back in time, witnessing scenes and people from the era of Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution.They decide to share their experience when they return home, even though it endangers their attempts to legitimise higher education for women in Edwardian England.
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This play, by Ian Curteis, is based on what has been called 'the most authenticated ghost story of all time'. It tells of the paranormal events experienced by two English ladies in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, France, in 1901.
Cast
Miss Morison Patricia Hodge
Miss Lamont Juliet Stevenson
Lord Kedlestone Robert Hardy
Dr Huxley Gemma Jones
Sir Patrick Corcoran Christopher Benjamin
Mr Hodgson Toby Longworth
College Registrar Jennie Stoller
Singing Student Alison Pettitt
College Servant Sarah Crook
Recorded at
The Soundhouse Ltd London England
Music composed & Arranged
Comment by Dirk Maggs
'Working in the studio with Patricia and Juliet was one of the high points of my year they are terrific actresses, challenging and intelligent, and they raised my game!'
Running Time
1 episode 1 hour 30 minutes long
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