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Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows

From: Craig Weatherhill <craig~at~agantavas.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 10:12:39 +0100
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Does anyone know what possessed the publishers of some American
editions of 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth" to substitute
'Hardwigg' or 'von Hardwigg' for 'Lidenbrock'?

Craig


On 5 Gwn 2011, at 09:29, Stefan Marniok wrote:

> 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%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
>
>
>
>

--
Craig Weatherhill

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