Matthew Woolcott

The line between fantasy and reality blurs when an actress begins behaving like the 19th-century murderer she is playing.

A mysterious man named Mulberry arrives at the home of cantankerous spinster Rose Farnaby, to apply for the position of manservant. His true motivation is soon revealed: Mulberry is an apprentice Grim Reaper dispatched to guide Mrs Farnaby to the next life.