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Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows

From: Drake Lolley <drake~at~onlinebluegrasslessons.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:54:40 -0400
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

  

Hello Stefan,

Thanks for posting this comprehensive list! Your
websites look very interesting, and I shall browse through them when I
get a chance to. Best regards!

Drake Lolley

On Sun, 4 Sep 2011
16:07:50 +0200, Stefan Marniok wrote:

> Hello Drake and others,
>
>
this is an interesting discussion. I specialized in radio plays and
audio books from Jules Verne. I made a short list of 22 different radio
plays / audio books from JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (spoken
language: English) that I know, they are from my own collection.
>
>
You can check them here:
http://www.jules-verne-comics.de/hsp/audio/vc_audio_english.htm [2] Of
course there are more different versions in other languages like German,
French etc., too.
>
> I mentioned if the Professor is named Lidenbrock
or Hardwigg. I hope the list will help you!
>
> Please also check my
homepage with many radio plays and audio books from Jules Verne:
www.jules-verne-hoerspiele.de [3]
>
> Best
>
> Stefan Marniok
>
>
VON: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] IM AUFTRAG
VON Drake Lolley
> GESENDET: Montag, 29. August 2011 22:58
> AN: Jules
Verne Forum
> BETREFF: Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows
>
> 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
[2]
http://www.jules-verne-comics.de/hsp/audio/vc_audio_english.htm
[3]
http://www.jules-verne-hoerspiele.de
Received on Sun 04 Sep 2011 - 19:54:49 IDT

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