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form
y
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
( dir. Bryan Forbes
)
United Kingdom (UK)
:
Beaver Films
,
1964
7878966
1964
single work
film/TV
'Plans go awry when a fake spirit medium kidnaps a young child as a publicity stunt.'
Source: BFI (http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/529527/). (Sighted: 26/9/2014)
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form
y
Kôrei
Séance
( dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
)
Japan
:
Kansai Telecasting
Twins Japan
,
2000
7879478
2000
single work
film/TV
An adaptation of Seance on a Wet Afternoon, but one that puts a supernatural spin on events.
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y
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Stephen Schwartz
(composer),
2009
2009
7879615
2009
single work
musical theatre
opera
An adaptation of Mark McShane's novel Seance on a Wet Afternoon.
Notes
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Filmed in 1964. Also filmed in 2000 as as a Japanese-language feature film, Korei.
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Prequel to Seance for Two.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Related Works
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y
Seance for Two
New York (City)
:
Doubleday
,
1972
Z1292729
1972
single work
novel
crime
mystery
detective
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y
The Last Seance
London
:
Robert Hale
,
1982
Z1293797
1982
single work
novel
crime
mystery
detective
Works about this Work
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A Table, a Fruit Bowl and One Shrivelled Apple
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , July 2013;
— Review of Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1961 single work novel'MARK McSHANE’s 1961 thriller Séance on a Wet Afternoon has been adapted four times since its initial publication. The first, Bryan Forbes’s 1964 film of the same title, remains the best known – better known, in fact, than the novel. Though not especially successful when it was released, it has grown considerably in reputation. Richard Attenborough, who co-produced the film with Forbes as well as acting in it, later identified the role as his best performance. In 2002, after a long gap, the Japanese horror film director Kiyoshi Kurosawa made a telemovie that took further liberties with the plot but remained, as did the earlier film, more or less faithful to the essentials. There has been an adaptation for radio – first broadcast on BBC Radio4 in 2010, with the excellent Anton Lesser as narrator – and, most adventurously of all, an opera. The opera, by Stephen Schwartz, who is best known as the lyricist and composer of the musical Wicked, had its premiere in Santa Barbara in 2009, and was performed in New York in 2011.'(Introduction)
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A Table, a Fruit Bowl and One Shrivelled Apple
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , July 2013;
— Review of Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1961 single work novel'MARK McSHANE’s 1961 thriller Séance on a Wet Afternoon has been adapted four times since its initial publication. The first, Bryan Forbes’s 1964 film of the same title, remains the best known – better known, in fact, than the novel. Though not especially successful when it was released, it has grown considerably in reputation. Richard Attenborough, who co-produced the film with Forbes as well as acting in it, later identified the role as his best performance. In 2002, after a long gap, the Japanese horror film director Kiyoshi Kurosawa made a telemovie that took further liberties with the plot but remained, as did the earlier film, more or less faithful to the essentials. There has been an adaptation for radio – first broadcast on BBC Radio4 in 2010, with the excellent Anton Lesser as narrator – and, most adventurously of all, an opera. The opera, by Stephen Schwartz, who is best known as the lyricist and composer of the musical Wicked, had its premiere in Santa Barbara in 2009, and was performed in New York in 2011.'(Introduction)
