The Turn of the Screw (opera) used in the lesson scene have been examined in more detail for their paedophilic innuendos. The line "The ceremony of innocence is drowned" sung by Quint and Miss Jessel is taken from the poem "The Second Coming" by W. B. Yeats. Notes Cited sources Other sources The Turn of the Screw (opera) The Turn of the Screw is 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". The libretto
The Innocents (play) Flora Robson. A film was made based on the novel "The Turn of the Screw" and also on this play. The film "The Innocents" was released in 1961. The Innocents (play) The Innocents is a play written by William Archibald that premiered on Broadway in 1950 and was revived in 1976. The play is based on "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. The play is based on the novel "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. The play takes place in 1880 in the drawing room of an old country house in England. A new governess, Miss