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[1980 BBC Adaptations] "Robert Louis Stevenson’s chilling exploration into the good versus evil side of human nature was brought dramatically to the screen in this classic BBC adaptation."

[1920 (Black and White)] "Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde."

Description from Wikipedia: "The Ghost Sonata is a key text in the development of modernist drama and a vivid example of a chamber play. In it, Strindberg creates a world in which ghosts walk in bright daylight, a beautiful woman is transformed into a mummy and lives in the closet, and the household cook sucks all the nourishment out of the food before she serves it to her masters."

Description via PBS Broadcasting: "Just before the Salem witch trials, an embittered old woman, who's learned witchcraft, and brings a scarecrow to life, as part of her revenge on the judge who was once her lover."

[1920 Silent Film] "This silent film, directed by James Vincent and featuring Rudolph Valentino, Marguerite Namara, and Albert L. Barrett, is about blackmail and romantic intrigue."

"A dramatization of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" performed by Michael Kane. 1958."

[Opera] "This Vienna State Opera production of Strauss’s opera of revenge, torment, violence and horror, is directed by Harry Kupfer as a tale of tyranny and bloodshed."

[Opera] Synopsis via Opera Today: "The story concerns the machinations of Golo to seduce Genoveva, and when she spurns him, Golo decides to convince her husband Siegfried to murder her as punishment for infidelity. While Golo and the sorceress Margaretha conspire to put forth this scheme, Siegfried ultimately learns the truth and spares Genoveva"

[Opera] "According to legend, Orpheus' magical power as a musician enabled him to regain his wife from the dead on condition that he did not look at her on the journey back from Hades - a condition it proved impossible to fulfil. In Harry Kupfer's updated version, Orfeo, in leather jacket, trainers and jeans, sees his Euridice die in a street accident. Succumbing to depression, he languishes in Hades - a psychiatric hospital - before taking his electric guitar to charm the beasts in an inner-city concrete jungle."

[Orchestral Suite] "Shot on The National Orchestra of Sweden in Goteborg’s stage, this concert unveils a Gothenburg’s Orchestra magnifying this Scandinavian story."
**Troll Alert from 11:47**

Alternate title: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
"This musical performance was directed by Lonny Price."