The Plot: This very original story starts with Jonathan (Nigel Hawthorne), a clergyman who fought against King Charles, grieving the death of his young wife, Abigail (Eleanor David). Abigail lies on a refectory table in front of Jonathan. They are in a large, bare, dimly lit room. The atmosphere is that of cold, grief, desolation. With a flare of light, the heavy doors fling open and in bursts Israel Yates (Alan Rickman), a ranter, wearing tattered clothes and round dark wire-rimmed glasses, spewing words at machine-gun speed, punching the air with his fists, and tossing seashells into the air. He looks demented. Jonathan has called for Israel because he wants Israel to resurrect Abigail. After an animated discussion, Israel pulls out some white feathers (which he uses for making his clothes warmer) to check if Abigail is still breathing. She is...
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