Laying the Ghost

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1833
Date Released
20 Jul 1964
Date submitted
12 Jul 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Laying the Ghost. DESCRIPTION: Stratford’s a long way from the ramparts of Hamlet’s Elsinore Castle - but someone’s seen a ghost at the Shakespeare Exhibition. To find out more about it, members of the Birmingham Psychical Society held a seance. It’s probably Shakespeare himself, back to enjoy the festivities held in honour of his 400th year. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Stratford-on-Avon. GV exterior exhibition pavilion. MS people looking at portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. CU of same portrait. MS portrait of Francis Earl of Essex. CU same. GV interior pavilion. MS people gathered in circle for seance. MCU same. CU medium Mr Steadman going into trance. MS pan statues of beefeaters. MCU medium and pan to others gathered in circle. CU statue of grotesque head. MS medium in trance. CU another statue. MLS circle of people. CU statue (grotesque). CU another. MCU medium in trance. LS interior long gallery and seance.
Keywords
History and archaeology; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Stratford-upon-Avon
Card file number
88593
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Laying the Ghost', British Movietone News Issue No. 1833, 20 Jul 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25611 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)