The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
by M. R. Jamesliterary work· published 1911
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"The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, first published in The Contemporary Review in 1910, and collected in James' books More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1910) and The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James (1931). It concerns carvings on a prayer desk in Barchester Cathedral which result in supernatural vengeance. It was adapted for television by BBC1 in 1971 as part of its series A Ghost Story for Christmas and by BBC Scotland in 2000 as part of its Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories For Christmas, and for radio by BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
Adaptations (1)
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral was adapted into a 1971 television film.
The Stalls of Barchester1971 · television film · 45 min · dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark · IMDb ↗IMDb6.8Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes across the papers of the late Archdeacon, who plotted to gain his position through murder. However, he soon comes to discover something truly horrific about the wooden choir stalls in the church, which are tied to a famous local tree and a sinister local legend.
