A Warning To The Curious

Over a century after their first appearance, M R James’s ghost stories retain their power to terrify and amuse. This gripping one-man show retells two of the eeriest.

Lost Hearts features one of James’s most memorable villains, the predatory scholar Mr Abney. It is paired here with arguably his most poignant and personal work: A Warning to the Curious, in which a young archaeologist is haunted and hunted by the guardian of an ancient treasure.

The English seaside has never looked so menacing.