page_title: The Stalls of Barchester
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: The Stalls of Barchester / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: The view of the spire of Norwich Cathedral from the cloisters, in Norfolk, England. Français&#160;: La tour, la flèche et le transept sud de la cathédrale de Norwich, vus depuis le cloître.
context_page_description: The Stalls of Barchester is the first of the BBC's Ghost Story for Christmas strand, first broadcast on BBC 1 at 11.00pm on 24 December 1971. Based on the story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" from the 1911 collection More Ghost Stories by M.R. James, it was adapted, produced and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark.
context_section_description: In adapting the story for film, Clark sets the story of the Archdeacon within the frame narrative of Dr Black's discovery of his diary, and the scholar's subsequent investigation into the origin of the carvings. Unlike the original story, the supernatural elements are shown, as opposed to implied by the diary, albeit in shadowy glimpses. The adaptation was filmed on location at Norwich Cathedral and the surrounding close. Unusually for a BBC television drama of the 1970s, both interior and exteriors in The Stalls of Barchester were originated on 16 mm film, as opposed to the standard studio videotape for interiors. As a result of this, cameraman John McGlashan was able to make use of night shoots in dark, shadowy cloisters and rooms. The choir of Norwich Cathedral are featured during the scenes of the Anglican Evensong service, and the Nunc dimittis ("Lord, thou lettest now thy servant depart in peace") and Psalm 109 ("Let his days be few; and let another take his office") are used as a storytelling device.
caption: Norwich Cathedral's spire and south transept viewed from the cloisters.
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