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noun:  an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly (January 27 – April 16, 1898).
noun:  a 20th-century English chamber opera composed by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper,"wife of the artist John Piper, who had been a friend of the composer since 1935 and had provided designs for several of the operas" in based on the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
noun:  (also known as Ghost Story: The Turn of the Screw) a British television film based on Henry James's 1898 ghost story of the same name.
noun:  a 1974 American made-for-television horror film directed by Dan Curtis based on the 1898 novella of the same name by Henry James.
noun:  "The Turn of the Screw" was an American television movie broadcast by NBC on October 20, 1959, as the third episode of the television series, Ford Startime.
noun:  a theatrical adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher of the 1898 novella of the same name by Henry James.
noun:  a 1999 television film based on the 1898 novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.


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