Hello Tad, hello Bill,
thank you for your additional information. Tad, your LP would be very
interesting! Of course I can make a list of 20000 Leagues & Around the World
in 80 Days, too.
I just made an update with various corrections:
http://www.jules-verne-comics.de/hsp/audio/vc_audio_english.htm
Best
Stefan Marniok
Von: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] Im Auftrag von
Tad Davis
Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. September 2011 17:08
An: Jules Verne Forum
Betreff: Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows
Bonjour Stefan,
An informative site! Could I just add that the Garard Green and Daniel
Philpott readings of Journey to the Centre of the Earth both use my
copyrighted translation (Oxford UP, 1992, with an introduction, notes and
other material; various editions since; full text available on
http://www.ibiblio.org/julesverne/books/jce.htm). Neither was authorised,
and neither acknowledged the use, although the Philpott Naxos one had the
same cover painting as my 1st edition.
Naxos later admitted the error, paid compensation and undertook to withdraw
the recording from sale.
Best regards,
William Butcher
Stefan,
A fascinating list! One correction: the 2008 audiobook from Blackstone is
read by Simon Prebble, not Simon Vance. Prebble does an excellent job with
the reading, although the translation is one of the more awkward ones,
despite its accuracy.
I used to own an audio play on LP from the 1960s where the Professor was
correctly named, but I don't think I still have it. I'll have to look. It
was actually quite an impressively accurate adaptation, with music by
Sibelius, marred only by the tepid sound effects of the climactic rush of
water into the volcanic chimney. (It sounded like a bathroom sink draining.)
I still can't hear "Finlandia" without thinking of the intrepid trio on the
shores of the vast underground sea.
There were two other Verne titles in the same series, one a passable
adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, the other a hopelessly bizarre
version of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. (Nemo, in this take on the story,
drugged his crew into automatons because he "needed the sailors to fight my
war.")
I'll see if I can find out anything about these.
Tad Davis
On Sep 4, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Stefan Marniok <stefan.marniok~at~gmx.de> 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 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
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
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%20mediatyp
e%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
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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
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