{
  "title": "SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES",
  "category": "[NOVEL]",
  "article": "First published in 196?, Something Wicked This Way Comes was Ray Bradbury’s novel-length\nexpansion on his short story “Black Ferris” (Weird Tales, 1948).\nSATURDAY PLAY (RADIO 4 FM, LONDON—BBC)\n[Saturday—2:30-3:30 PM]\nOctober 29, 2011\n“Something Wicked This Way Comes”\n[BBC RADIO 4: “…Set in 1960s Illinois, this gem of modern Gothic\nliterature is the memorable story of two boys, James Nightshade and\nWilliam Halloway, and the evil that grips their small Midwestern town\nwith the arrival of a ‘dark carnival’, one Autumn midnight. These two\ninnocents, both aged 13 (Will is born one minute before Halloween, and\nJim one minute after) save the souls of the town (as well as their own).\nThis is a vivid variation on the eternal theme of the fight between Good\nand Evil. A thrilling, chilling, richly kaleidoscopic sound world ensues, a\nshimmering mirror maze that reflects your older or younger self,\ndepending on your desires, and a magic carousel that plays Chopin’s\nFuneral March forwards—with each rotation you gain a year, and\nrotating backwards—you get younger. The cast includes Kenneth\nCranham as the sinister tattooed ringmaster, Mr. Dark, and Henry\nGoodman as Will’s insecure father, Charlie…”]\nSCRIPT: Diana Griffiths (adapted from the novel by Ray Bradbury).\nPERSONNEL: Paul Cargill (sound), Pauline Harris (producer-director), David\nPaul Jones (composer).\nCAST: Barbara Barnes (Miss Foley), Ethan Brooke (Jed), Amelia Clarkson\n(Young Miss Foley), Kenneth Cranham (Mr. Dark), Buffy Davis (The Dust Witch),\nHenry Goodman (Charlie), Theo Gregory (Will), Josef Lindsay (Jim), Gerard\nMcDermott (The Lightening Rod Salesman/Mr. Coogar), Taran Stanzler\n(Robert).\nEXTANT RECORDING",
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}