004 Historical Comedy – Old
I’m glad I heard The
Demon Cakestand of Beastley Chase (originally from 1984) after I’d
discovered MR James and the Jamesian ghost narrative, as it makes it a lot
funnier that way. Written by “MR James
Hendry” and “Edgar Ian Brown,” it is a delightful send up of James’ Christmas
ghost stories. It stars Stephen Fry as
Melbourne, a lord with a penchant for sweet stuff who find an antiquarian
woodcut which is covered in jam which leads him to a vicar who mimics all kinds
of sounds and Lord Beastley who owns a medieval book about cakestands. All three of them enter a sinister tomb in
the shape of a meringue and encounter Felkoff, a demon who sandwiches the Vicar
with cream. The other two eventually
meet a similar fate. This was made
hilarious by a raspberry sound every time the word “cakestand” was said. I trust that, wherever he is, James took it
with a good grace. It also starred Royce
Mills, Sheila Stiefield, Michael Ripper, and Nick Revell.
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