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Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows

From: Drake Lolley <drake~at~onlinebluegrasslessons.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:48:19 -0400
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

  

Brian,

I am afraid that the Mysterious Island adaption that I
found is the CBS Radio Mystery Theater version, although it is not
labeled as such on the webpage. The introduction, though, makes it very
easy to identify. I will have to keep on looking for more adaptions, and
hopefully I will find some good ones. Thanks for the warning!

Drake


On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 12:53:00 -0700 (PDT), Brian Taves wrote:

> I
suspect, but don't know, if this is true for our colleagues in other
countries, but in the English-speaking audio-radio realm, it is very
difficult to track "adaptations of" any given author, save where someone
has done the research.
>
> I started more than 20 years ago (when I
found a Tom Baker abridged reading of JCE unexpectedly in a shop) and
the search continues. Back before radio logs started going online, I
paged through mountains of radio catalogs. I found Verne appearing most
frequently in family and classic anthology formats, not sf anthologies.
There were also mini-series (one JCE has been noted), and quite a number
of LPs in the 1950s and 1960s that were essentially audio dramas.
>
>
I hope the Mysterious Island you found isn't the CBS Radio Mystery
Theater version of the 1970s ... I was listening when it was first
broadcast and dismayed that they didn't even finish the story!
>
>
Brian
>
>> From: Drake Lolley
>> Subject: Re: Jules Verne Radio
Shows
>> To: "Jules Verne Forum"
>> Date: Monday, August 29, 2011, 8:58
PM
>>
>> 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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