Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 14 - The Meeting

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 14 - The Meeting

Listen to or download Chapter 14 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 14 - The Meeting

Chapter 15 of Carmilla – Ordeal and Execution - will be available on Thursday 1st May

An excerpt from Chapter 14 of Le Fanu’s novel –

Under a narrow, arched doorway, surmounted by one of those demoniacal
grotesques in which the cynical and ghastly fancy of old Gothic carving
delights, I saw very gladly the beautiful face and figure of Carmilla
enter the shadowy chapel.

I was just about to rise and speak, and nodded smiling, in answer to her
peculiarly engaging smile; when with a cry, the old man by my side
caught up the woodman's hatchet, and started forward. On seeing him a
brutalized change came over her features. It was an instantaneous and
horrible transformation, as she made a crouching step backwards. Before
I could utter a scream, he struck at her with all his force, but she
dived under his blow, and unscathed, caught him in her tiny grasp by the
wrist. He struggled for a moment to release his arm, but his hand
opened, the axe fell to the ground, and the girl was gone.



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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 13 - The Woodman

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 13 – The Woodman

Listen to or download Chapter 13 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 13 - The Woodman

Chapter 14 of Carmilla – The Meeting - will be available on Wednesday 30th April

An excerpt from Chapter 13 of Le Fanu’s novel –

"My dear child began to lose her looks and health, and that in a manner
so mysterious, and even horrible, that I became thoroughly frightened.

"She was at first visited by appalling dreams; then, as she fancied, by
a specter, sometimes resembling Millarca, sometimes in the shape of a
beast, indistinctly seen, walking round the foot of her bed, from
side to side.

"Lastly came sensations. One, not unpleasant, but very peculiar, she
said, resembled the flow of an icy stream against her breast. At a later
time, she felt something like a pair of large needles pierce her, a
little below the throat, with a very sharp pain. A few nights after,
followed a gradual and convulsive sense of strangulation; then came
unconsciousness."

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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 12 - A Petition

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 12 – A Petition

Listen to or download Chapter 12 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 12 - A Petition

Chapter 13 of Carmilla – The W”oodman - will be available on Tuesday 29th April

An excerpt from Chapter 12 of Le Fanu’s novel –

"At another time I should have told her to wait a little, until, at
least, we knew who they were. But I had not a moment to think in. The
two ladies assailed me together, and I must confess the refined and
beautiful face of the young lady, about which there was something
extremely engaging, as well as the elegance and fire of high birth,
determined me; and, quite overpowered, I submitted, and undertook, too
easily, the care of the young lady, whom her mother called Millarca.



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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le fanu. narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 11 - The Story

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 11 – The Story

Listen to or download Chapter 11 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 11 - The Story

Chapter 12 of Carmilla – A Petition - will be available on Monday 28th April

An excerpt from Chapter 11 of Le Fanu’s novel –

She was very witty and lively when she pleased, and after a time they had grown very good friends, and the young stranger lowered her mask, displaying a remarkably beautiful face. I had never seen it before, neither had my dear child. But though it was
new to us, the features were so engaging, as well as lovely, that it was impossible not to feel the attraction powerfully. My poor girl did so. I never saw anyone more taken with another at first sight, unless, indeed, it was the stranger herself, who seemed quite to have lost her heart to her.


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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated ny Louisa Thornton. Chapter 10 - Bereaved

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 10 - Bereaved

Listen to or download Chapter 10 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 10 - Bereaved

Chapter 11 of Carmilla – The Story - will be available on Friday 25th April

An excerpt from Chapter 10 of Le Fanu’s novel –

"Something very different," he said, gruffly. "I mean to unearth some of
those fine people. I hope, by God's blessing, to accomplish a pious
sacrilege here, which will relieve our earth of certain monsters, and
enable honest people to sleep in their beds without being assailed by
murderers. I have strange things to tell you, my dear friend, such as I
myself would have scouted as incredible a few months since."

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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 9 - The Doctor.

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 9 – The Doctor

Listen to or download Chapter 9 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 9 - The Doctor

Chapter 10 of Carmilla – Bereaved - will be available on Thursday 24th April

An excerpt from Chapter 9 of Le Fanu’s novel –

"It certainly is very odd; I don't understand it quite. Laura, come
here, dear; now attend to Doctor Spielsberg, and recollect yourself."

"You mentioned a sensation like that of two needles piercing the skin,
somewhere about your neck, on the night when you experienced your first
horrible dream. Is there still any soreness?"

"None at all," I answered.

"Can you indicate with your finger about the point at which you think
this occurred?"

"Very little below my throat--here," I answered.

I wore a morning dress, which covered the place I pointed to.

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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 8 - Search

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 8 - Search

Listen to or download Chapter 8 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 8 - Search

Chapter 9 of Carmilla – The Doctor - will be available on Wednesday 23rd April

An excerpt from Chapter 8 of Le Fanu’s novel –

The whole household, with my father at its head, was in a state of
agitation next morning. Every part of the chateau was searched. The
grounds were explored. No trace of the missing lady could be discovered.
The stream was about to be dragged; my father was in distraction; what a
tale to have to tell the poor girl's mother on her return. I, too, was
almost beside myself, though my grief was quite of a different kind.

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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 7 - Descending

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 7 - Descending

Listen to or download Chapter 7 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 7 - Descending

Chapter 8 of Carmilla – Search - will be available on Tuesday 22nd April

An excerpt from Chapter 7 of Le Fanu’s novel –

After all these dreams there remained on waking a remembrance of having
been in a place very nearly dark, and of having spoken to people whom I
could not see; and especially of one clear voice, of a female's, very
deep, that spoke as if at a distance, slowly, and producing always the
same sensation of indescribable solemnity and fear. Sometimes there came
a sensation as if a hand was drawn softly along my cheek and neck.
Sometimes it was as if warm lips kissed me, and longer and longer and
more lovingly as they reached my throat, but there the caress fixed
itself. My heart beat faster, my breathing rose and fell rapidly and
full drawn; a sobbing, that rose into a sense of strangulation,

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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 6 - A Very Strange Agony

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 6 – A Very Strange Agony

Listen to or download Chapter 6 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 6 - A Very Strange Agony

Chapter 7 of Carmilla – Descending - will be available on Monday 21st April

An excerpt from Chapter 6 of Le Fanu’s novel –

I saw something moving round the foot of the bed, which at first I
could not accurately distinguish. But I soon saw that it was a
sooty-black animal that resembled a monstrous cat. It appeared to me
about four or five feet long for it measured fully the length of the
hearthrug as it passed over it; and it continued to-ing and fro-ing with
the lithe, sinister restlessness of a beast in a cage. I could not cry
out, although as you may suppose, I was terrified. Its pace was growing
faster, and the room rapidly darker and darker, and at length so dark
that I could no longer see anything of it but its eyes. I felt it spring
lightly on the bed.

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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 5 - A Wonderful Likeness

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 5 – A Wonderful Likeness

Listen to or download Chapter 5 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 5 - A Wonderful Likeness

Chapter 6 of Carmilla – A Very Strange Agony - will be available on Friday 18th April

An excerpt from Chapter 5 of Le Fanu’s novel –

She kissed me silently.

"I am sure, Carmilla, you have been in love; that there is, at this
moment, an affair of the heart going on."

"I have been in love with no one, and never shall," she whispered,
"unless it should be with you."

How beautiful she looked in the moonlight!

Shy and strange was the look with which she quickly hid her face in my
neck and hair, with tumultuous sighs, that seemed almost to sob, and
pressed in mine a hand that trembled.

Her soft cheek was glowing against mine. "Darling, darling," she
murmured, "I live in you; and you would die for me, I love you so."


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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 4 - Her Habits, A Saunter

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 4 – Her Habits, A Saunter

Listen to or download Chapter 4 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 4 - Her Habits, A Saunter

Chapter 5 of Carmilla – A Wonderful Likeness - will be available on Thursday 16th April

An excerpt from Chapter 4 of Le Fanu’s novel –

Sometimes after an hour of apathy, my strange and beautiful companion
would take my hand and hold it with a fond pressure, renewed again and
again; blushing softly, gazing in my face with languid and burning eyes,
and breathing so fast that her dress rose and fell with the tumultuous
respiration. It was like the ardor of a lover; it embarrassed me; it was
hateful and yet over-powering; and with gloating eyes she drew me to
her, and her hot lips traveled along my cheek in kisses; and she would
whisper, almost in sobs, "You are mine, you _shall_ be mine, you and I
are one for ever." Then she had thrown herself back in her chair, with
her small hands over her eyes, leaving me trembling.

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

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 3 - We Compare Notes

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 3 – We Compare Notes

Listen to or download Chapter 3 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 3 - We Compare Notes

Chapter 4 of Carmilla – Her Habits, A Saunter - will be available on Wednesday 15th April

An excerpt from Chapter 3 of Le Fanu’s novel –

"Did you remark a woman in the carriage, after it was set up again, who
did not get out," inquired Mademoiselle, "but only looked from
the window?"

"No, we had not seen her."

Then she described a hideous black woman, with a sort of colored turban
on her head, and who was gazing all the time from the carriage window,
nodding and grinning derisively towards the ladies, with gleaming eyes
and large white eyeballs, and her teeth set as if in fury.


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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 2 - A Guest.

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 2 – A Guest

Listen to or download Chapter 2 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 2 - A Guest

Chapter 3 of Carmilla – We Compare Notes - will be available on Tuesday 15th April

An excerpt from Chapter 2 of Le Fanu’s novel –

"I have lost my darling daughter, for as such I loved her.
During the last days of dear Bertha's illness I was not able to write
to you.

"Before then I had no idea of her danger. I have lost her, and now learn
_all_, too late. She died in the peace of innocence, and in the glorious
hope of a blessed futurity. The fiend who betrayed our infatuated
hospitality has done it all. I thought I was receiving into my house
innocence, gaiety, a charming companion for my lost Bertha. Heavens!
what a fool have I been!

"I thank God my child died without a suspicion of the cause of her
sufferings. She is gone without so much as conjecturing the nature of
her illness, and the accursed passion of the agent of all this misery. I
devote my remaining days to tracking and extinguishing a monster. I am
told I may hope to accomplish my righteous and merciful purpose. At
present there is scarcely a gleam of light to guide me. I curse my
conceited incredulity, my despicable affectation of superiority, my
blindness, my obstinacy--all--too late.


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

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 1 - An Early Fright

A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton

Chapter 1 – An Early Fright

The Plot –
Living a lonely existence in a remote schloss in Styria, on the border of Austria and Hungary, Laura and her father play host to an unexpected guest, the beautiful young Carmilla. Her arrival is closely followed by an outbreak of unexplained deaths in the area, while the young women's growing friendship coincides with a series of nightmares and mysterious nocturnal visitations, and a gradual downward spiral in Laura's health. A chilling tale of the un-dead, Carmilla stands out as an all-time horror classic.

Listen to or download Chapter 1 using the following link

Carmilla - Chapter 1 - An Early Fright

Chapter 2 of Carmilla – A Guest - will be available later on Monday 14th

An excerpt from Chapter 1 of Le Fanu’s novel –

I saw a solemn, but very pretty face looking at me from the
side of the bed. It was that of a young lady who was kneeling, with her
hands under the coverlet. I looked at her with a kind of pleased wonder,
and ceased whimpering. She caressed me with her hands, and lay down
beside me on the bed, and drew me towards her, smiling; I felt
immediately delightfully soothed, and fell asleep again. I was wakened
by a sensation as if two needles ran into my breast very deep at the
same moment, and I cried loudly. The lady started back, with her eyes
fixed on me, and then slipped down upon the floor, and, as I thought,
hid herself under the bed.


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