A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton
Chapter 16 - Conclusion
Listen to or download Chapter 16 using the following link
Carmilla - Chapter 16 - Conclusion
An excerpt from Chapter 16 of Le Fanu’s novel –
The amphibious existence of the
vampire is sustained by daily renewed slumber in the grave. Its horrible
lust for living blood supplies the vigor of its waking existence. The
vampire is prone to be fascinated with an engrossing vehemence,
resembling the passion of love, by particular persons. In pursuit of
these it will exercise inexhaustible patience and stratagem, for access
to a particular object may be obstructed in a hundred ways. It will
never desist until it has satiated its passion, and drained the very
life of its coveted victim. But it will, in these cases, husband and
protract its murderous enjoyment with the refinement of an epicure, and
heighten it by the gradual approaches of an artful courtship. In these
cases it seems to yearn for something like sympathy and consent. In
ordinary ones it goes direct to its object, overpowers with violence,
and strangles and exhausts often at a single feast.
Introducing, as Laura, the narrator of Carmilla
Louisa Thornton
A talented and versatile performer, Louisa’s theatre credits include lead roles in Sharman McDonald’s When We Were Women, Liz Lochead’s Perfect Days and Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Louisa has also performed in previous productions for Radio Theatre Group, most recently, as the deadly femme fatale Cora Papadakis in The Postman Always Rings Twice and in 2004, as Red Riding Hood in A Company of Wolves.
Louisa can be contacted on Casting Call and on MySpace
Each chapter of Carmilla will be available to download or as a podcast on from the following sources - MySpace, Blogger, Glasgow Theatre Underground and itunes
To contact Radio Theatre Group, please e-mail radiotheatregroup@hotmail.co.uk
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton
Chapter 16 - Conclusion
Listen to or download Chapter 16 using the following link
Carmilla - Chapter 16 - Conclusion
An excerpt from Chapter 16 of Le Fanu’s novel –
The amphibious existence of the
vampire is sustained by daily renewed slumber in the grave. Its horrible
lust for living blood supplies the vigor of its waking existence. The
vampire is prone to be fascinated with an engrossing vehemence,
resembling the passion of love, by particular persons. In pursuit of
these it will exercise inexhaustible patience and stratagem, for access
to a particular object may be obstructed in a hundred ways. It will
never desist until it has satiated its passion, and drained the very
life of its coveted victim. But it will, in these cases, husband and
protract its murderous enjoyment with the refinement of an epicure, and
heighten it by the gradual approaches of an artful courtship. In these
cases it seems to yearn for something like sympathy and consent. In
ordinary ones it goes direct to its object, overpowers with violence,
and strangles and exhausts often at a single feast.
Introducing, as Laura, the narrator of Carmilla
Louisa Thornton
A talented and versatile performer, Louisa’s theatre credits include lead roles in Sharman McDonald’s When We Were Women, Liz Lochead’s Perfect Days and Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Louisa has also performed in previous productions for Radio Theatre Group, most recently, as the deadly femme fatale Cora Papadakis in The Postman Always Rings Twice and in 2004, as Red Riding Hood in A Company of Wolves.
Louisa can be contacted on Casting Call and on MySpace
Each chapter of Carmilla will be available to download or as a podcast on from the following sources - MySpace, Blogger, Glasgow Theatre Underground and itunes
To contact Radio Theatre Group, please e-mail radiotheatregroup@hotmail.co.uk
