The Turn of the Screw (opera) not to betray him. Hysterical, Miles confesses that he took the letter. The Governess demands to know who put Miles up to it. Miles blurts out Quint's name. At the mention of his name, Quint's ghost vanishes and Miles falls dead on the floor. A weeping Governess cradles the dead child in her arms, singing aloud of her grief and wondering if she did the right thing after all. For the children's music, Britten drew words and melody from a number of traditional British nursery rhymes, including "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" and "Lavender's Blue". Of particular note is Miles'
The Turn of the Screw Mexican miniseries entitled "Otra vuelta de tuerca" ("The Turn of the Screw", 1981); a 1982 adaptation directed by Petr Weigl primarily starring Czech actors lip-synching; a 1990 adaptation directed by Graeme Clifford; "The Haunting of Helen Walker" (1995), directed by Tom McLoughlin; a 1999 adaptation directed by Ben Bolt; a low-budget 2003 version written and directed by Nick Millard; the Italian-language "Il mistero del lago" ("The Mystery of the Lake", 2009); and a 2009 BBC film adapted by Sandy Welch, starring Michelle Dockery and Sue Johnston. Literary reworkings of "The Turn of the Screw" identified by James scholar Adeline R.