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Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows

From: Drake Lolley <drake~at~onlinebluegrasslessons.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:58:25 -0400
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

  

Alex,

Thanks for the correction! I should have looked closer at
the dates... I have already listed to the 1938 recording, and I enjoyed
the parts that they lift in, and lamented the parts that they left out.
Obviously, it was impossible to fit the entire book into one radio
program, and so many portions were very briefly summarized "journal
entry" style. It sounds like the 1946 recording might be more
interesting from a comedic point of view; I'm glad that I listened to
the earlier version!

By the way, I have found a radio adaption of "The
Mysterious Island", which is my favorite Jules Verne book. I have just
started listening to it, so let's hope that the plot is not badly
mangled. Unfortunately, I have had some very bad experiences with
Mysterious Island adaptions in the past, particularly in movies. Thanks
again!

Drake

On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:17:47 -0700 (PDT), Alex
Kirstukas wrote:

> Hi Drake,
>
> Just a quick note -- Welles's 1938
recording isn't the same as his 1946 one. The former is a
straightforward adaptation of 80D (the Stephen W. White translation);
the latter is a condensed version of, and long commercial for, Welles's
Broadway musical Around the World (songs by Cole Porter, adaptation
again from the White translation). Both are interesting, but rather
strange; the 1938 Aouda sounds like Natasha Fatale from The Rocky &
Bullwinkle Show, and the 1946 Cole Porter songs are extremely silly.
("Phileas" is made to rhyme with "Piccadilly-ous," and the big romantic
number is built around the line "Should I tell you that I love you, or
wait till you tell me?"!)
>
> Alex
>
> -------------------------
>
FROM: Drake Lolley
> TO: Jules Verne Forum
> SENT: Monday, August 29,
2011 2:19 PM
> SUBJECT: Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows
>
> Mr. Keeline,
>

> Thank you for your reply! The only "vintage" recording of a Jules
Verne radio drama that I could find on Archive.org was here:
>
http://www.archive.org/details/1946MercurySummerTheatre [1]
>
> This
was, of course, the same recording that was kindly brought to light
earlier by Mr. Kytasaari.__
> I have done some more research into the
matter since my last post, and I have unearthed a few more available
vintage recordings. I don't know if this is a topic that interests
anyone else here on the forum, but I will try to post my findings. It
would be great to see all of these recordings in one place! This may be
one of my future projects.
> I have looked into librivox and other
similar services in the past, but unfortunately I have not had much luck
with them. Being a speed reader, I found that the slow reading pace of
many of the recordings was very trying to the nerves! This, of course,
was my fault and not theirs, and I greatly admire the spirit of these
projects... I have just found that reading the actual book is easier for
me. I greatly appreciate that you took the time to look up these
sources, though. Thank you!
>
> Drake
>
> On Sat, 27 Aug 2011
19:26:39 -0700 (PDT), James Keeline wrote:
>
>> Not quite in the
classic radio drama class but more like "books on tape" are the readings
offered free on http://www.LibriVox.org which are performed by amateurs.
Some are better than others, of course. The Verne titles may be found on
this search:
>>
>>
https://catalog.librivox.org/search.php?author=Jules+Verne
>>
>>
Archive.org has many radio dramas but I don't notice any of the vintage
ones on this Jules Verne search. There may be other items of interest
though:
>>
>>
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22Jules%20Verne%22%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio

>>
>> At the very least you could fill up your iPod or other MP3
player with these readings available in several languages.
>>
>> James
D. Keeline
>> _____
>>
>> http://www.Keeline.com
>>
http://Stratemeyer.org
>>
>>> -------------------------
>>> FROM: Brian
Taves
>>> TO: Jules Verne Forum
>>> SENT: Saturday, August 27, 2011
8:58 AM
>>> SUBJECT: Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows
>>>
>>> Years ago I
traced the English-language radio-audio adaptations of JV. My definition
included from an dramatized version, to a condensation read by a single
reader, but excluded straightforward readings of by a single individual
of an entire novel, ie book-on-tape or audio book.
>>>
>>> The total
was around fifty, from the early days of radio in the 1930s, thru the
present. I know that there are at least that many and more broadcast in
such countries as France, Germany, and the former Czechoslovakia.
>>>

>>> Brian

  

Links:
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[1]
http://www.archive.org/details/1946MercurySummerTheatre
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