The Turn of the Screw review – Henry James’s classic ghost story with added jump scares
Arcola theatre, LondonThis slick production of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s adaptation is hampered by its own clevernessHere is Henry James’s canonical ghost story with modern-day jump scares. And, more audaciously, a new framing device by writer-adapter, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, which explains itself in a final, added, twist.The jump scares do their work, Hattie North’s jagged sound design enacting its shocks, and…
Arcola theatre, LondonThis slick production of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s adaptation is hampered by its own clevernessHere is Henry James’s canonical ghost story with modern-day jump scares. And, more audaciously, a new framing device by writer-adapter, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, which explains itself in a final, added, twist.The jump scares do their work, Hattie North’s jagged sound design enacting its shocks, and…
