Birthday
by Christina Rossetti.
Performed by Lissa Dougal
click here
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
The Fall of The House of Usher
The Fall of The House of UsherA play, based on the story byEdgar Allan Poe
With Derek Banner, James Keenan, Frankie MacEachen and Bruce Downie
The Fall of The House of Usher
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
200 Years of Terror!
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
A new audiobook from Radio Theatre Group
Narrated by Derek Banner
To celebarate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, Radio Theatre Group release a new recording of his most famous and terrifying poem.
The narrator of The Raven sits alone, grieving the loss of his beloved Lenore, when he receives a mysterious visitor.
The Raven is available to play or download via the following link
The Raven
The Raven is also available to download on Facebook and itunes via Radio Theatre Group.
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
A new audiobook from Radio Theatre Group
Narrated by Derek Banner
To celebarate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, Radio Theatre Group release a new recording of his most famous and terrifying poem.
The narrator of The Raven sits alone, grieving the loss of his beloved Lenore, when he receives a mysterious visitor.
The Raven is available to play or download via the following link
The Raven
The Raven is also available to download on Facebook and itunes via Radio Theatre Group.
Derek Banner has performed in several productions for Radio Theatre Group. Roles include; Sherlock Holmes (The Musgrave Ritual), George Bailey (It’s a Wonderful Life), Professor Dudley(The Time Machine), Tom Brown (The Legionnaire and The Lady), Ole ‘Swede Anderson’ (The Killers), Harry Lime (The Third Man) Ronald McCabe (The Hitchhiker) and Jack Skellington (The Nightmare before Christmas). Derek was also narrator The Tell-Tale Heart, an audiobook released in 2008
Derek is currently performing in Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare at The Ramshorn Theatre in Glasgow. Runs until 6th June. Click the link below for more information.
Titus Andronicus
Derek can be contacted via Casting Call. Use the link below
Derek Banner on Casting Call
Radio Theatre Group can be contacted at radiotheatregroup@hotmail.co.uk or via Facebook
Monday, 1 September 2008
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Narrated by Derek Banner.
A new audiobook from Radio Theatre GroupThe Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by Derek Banner
'A masterpiece of Gothic Horror!"
Radio Theatre Group’s production of The Tell-Tale Heart is available free. Left-click on the link below to play or right-click and select ‘save target’ to download
The Tell-Tale Heart
Derek Banner
Narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart
A talented and versatile performer, Derek will be appearing on stage in October 2008 at The Ramshorn Theatre in Glasgow as Randall P. McMurphy in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Other recent stage credits include Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Bob in Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang, as Lysander in Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare and Abe in Knock Knock by Jules Feiffer.
Derek has also performed in several productions for Radio Theatre Group, including Harry Lime in The Third Man, George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life, Tom Brown in The Legionnaire and the Lady and Sherlock Holmes in The Musgrave Ritual.
Contacting Derek Banner
Derek can be contacted on Casting Call and MySpace.
(Director’s Notes)
The Tell-Tale Heart has been a favourite story of mine for a long time. I can’t remember if I read it first or heard some old actor reading it, or it could have been some long-forgotten movie version I once saw. Rediscovering it has been quite a pleasure. It’s one of those stories that resonates for me, it emerged from the depths of my memory, like it’s never really been far away. I even half-remembered some of the words, especially towards the end. It’s memorable because it’s so chilling – a glimpse into the mind of a madman. It’s uncomfortable listening to a murderer who thinks he’s sane, who thinks his actions are justified, but it’s so well written that it’s strangely compelling at the same time. I love the game that Poe plays with the reader. You’re horrified by what you hear, but you can’t dismiss this character either.
If the urge to create or perform requires drive, passion, then Derek has that in abundance – which kind of made him the first choice in my mind for the role. The Tell-Tale Heart is thrilling glimpse into the darker side of human nature and Derek, I know, has the qualities as a performer to deal with the intensity of the role.
So there was a gap in my schedule, and I knew I had to take the opportunity to record. I just love the rehearsal process, whether it’s for a play or a book, whether it’s 6 weeks or in this case, just 3 days.
Working one on one with a single actor for hours at a time is also quite a thrilling experience. I wish I could do more of that. But the days would have to be twice as long.
However, when we were recording, I didn’t really yet know, what I wanted to do in terms of music or sound effects. Derek I knew was learning lines for Cuckoo’s Nest. So I knew I had to deal with the performance side of the project quickly and efficiently.
It’s taken almost a month of lying on the floor and listening to almost my entire music collection to decide what to do.
The sound design – at first – was going to be quite naturalistic – ticking clocks, creaking doors, heartbeats and so on.
But the more I listened, the more I realised that wasn’t really what I wanted to do anymore with this. To a certain extent, if you want to be naturalistic, you have to do it at the time, so that the performance is delivered in concert with those effects and there’s a minimum of editing required.
And I’ll be doing plenty of that with the plays coming up soon. So rightly or wrongly, I’ve taken a less naturalistic rout, I’ve created a kind of inner soundtrack for the madman – to accompany the voice and sounds in his head. So the whole book now has some weird, wonderful ambient, industrial, high gothic soundtrack.
I had fun putting it together. I just got on a roll, and I couldn’t stop, before I knew it – hours had passed
When I was finished. I turned all the lights off and listened again in the dark to see if it worked.
I think it does. It’s my first experiment in ‘cut and paste’ soundtrack designing. I look forward to doing some more.
BD (1-September 2008)
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 16 - Conclusion
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
Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 15 - Ordeal and Execution
A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group
The Classic Vampire Story -
Carmilla
by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Louisa Thornton
Chapter 15 – Ordeal and Execution
Listen to or download Chapter 15 using the following link
Carmilla - Chapter 15 - Ordeal and Execution
Chapter 16 of Carmilla – Conclusion - will be available in the afternoon of Thursday 1st May
An excerpt from Chapter 15 of Le Fanu’s novel –
You have heard, no doubt, of the appalling superstition that prevails in
Upper and Lower Styria, in Moravia, Silesia, in Turkish Serbia, in
Poland, even in Russia; the superstition, so we must call it, of
the Vampire.
If human testimony, taken with every care and solemnity, judicially,
before commissions innumerable, each consisting of many members, all
chosen for integrity and intelligence, and constituting reports more
voluminous perhaps than exist upon any one other class of cases, is
worth anything, it is difficult to deny, or even to doubt the existence
of such a phenomenon as the Vampire.
For my part I have heard no theory by which to explain what I myself
have witnessed and experienced, other than that supplied by the ancient
and well-attested belief of the country.
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 15 – Ordeal and Execution
Listen to or download Chapter 15 using the following link
Carmilla - Chapter 15 - Ordeal and Execution
Chapter 16 of Carmilla – Conclusion - will be available in the afternoon of Thursday 1st May
An excerpt from Chapter 15 of Le Fanu’s novel –
You have heard, no doubt, of the appalling superstition that prevails in
Upper and Lower Styria, in Moravia, Silesia, in Turkish Serbia, in
Poland, even in Russia; the superstition, so we must call it, of
the Vampire.
If human testimony, taken with every care and solemnity, judicially,
before commissions innumerable, each consisting of many members, all
chosen for integrity and intelligence, and constituting reports more
voluminous perhaps than exist upon any one other class of cases, is
worth anything, it is difficult to deny, or even to doubt the existence
of such a phenomenon as the Vampire.
For my part I have heard no theory by which to explain what I myself
have witnessed and experienced, other than that supplied by the ancient
and well-attested belief of the country.
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
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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
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
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 13 - The Woodman
A new podcast from Radio Theatre GroupThe 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
Monday, 28 April 2008
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
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
Friday, 25 April 2008
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
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
Thursday, 24 April 2008
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
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
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
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
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
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
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
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
Monday, 21 April 2008
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
Friday, 18 April 2008
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
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
Thursday, 17 April 2008
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
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
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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
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
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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
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
Monday, 14 April 2008
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
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 GroupThe 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
Friday, 29 February 2008
Rear Window - Episode 5
Radio Theatre Group presents
Rear Window
Episode 5
Starring
James Keenan
The Final, Thrilling instalment
Hal Jeffries, has been watching his neighbour, Lars Thorwald, for days, convinced the man has murdered his wife.
But with the evidence against him and the police sceptical, Hal takes matters into his own hands, sending an anonymous note to provoke the killer into revealing a crucial bit of evidence. The bluff fails. But just as Hal realises where the body must be hidden, Thorwald exits, casting the briefest of glances in Hal’s direction.
Hal is too distracted to notice the imminent danger in that backward glance – and tries to call the police about the body.
A moment later, the phone goes dead - and Hal realises the killer must be somewhere in the house with him – ready to strike at any moment.
To listen or download episode 5, please click on the link below
Rear Window - Episode 5
The multi-talented James Keenan can be contacted on his Casting Call page at Casting Call or on Spotlight at Spotlight: JAMES KEENAN
To listen to any of the previous episodes, please click on the appropriate link below
Rear Window - Episode 1
Rear Window - Episode 2
Rear Window - Episode 3
Rear Window - Episode 4
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Rear Window
Episode 5
Starring
James Keenan
The Final, Thrilling instalment
Hal Jeffries, has been watching his neighbour, Lars Thorwald, for days, convinced the man has murdered his wife.
But with the evidence against him and the police sceptical, Hal takes matters into his own hands, sending an anonymous note to provoke the killer into revealing a crucial bit of evidence. The bluff fails. But just as Hal realises where the body must be hidden, Thorwald exits, casting the briefest of glances in Hal’s direction.
Hal is too distracted to notice the imminent danger in that backward glance – and tries to call the police about the body.
A moment later, the phone goes dead - and Hal realises the killer must be somewhere in the house with him – ready to strike at any moment.
To listen or download episode 5, please click on the link below
Rear Window - Episode 5
The multi-talented James Keenan can be contacted on his Casting Call page at Casting Call or on Spotlight at Spotlight: JAMES KEENAN
To listen to any of the previous episodes, please click on the appropriate link below
Rear Window - Episode 1
Rear Window - Episode 2
Rear Window - Episode 3
Rear Window - Episode 4
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Friday, 22 February 2008
Rear Window - Episode 4
Radio Theatre Group
Presents
Rear Window
Episode 4 -
featuring
Presents
Rear Window
Episode 4 -
featuring
James Keenan
Hal Jeffries remains covinced that his neighbour, Lars Thorwald, has murdered his wife, but the police have been unable to prove anything. So Hal determines to trick Thorwald into revealing the location of the body, but in doing so, runs a deadly risk. Will Thorwald attempt to escape, or, now aware that he's being watched, do what is necessary to cover his tracks?
Will Hal become his next victim?
To listen to episode 4, please use the link below. Left click on the link to play or right click to download
Rear Window - Episode 4
The fifth and final episode of Rear Window will be available on the 29th of February.
James Keenan can be contacted on his Casting Call page at Casting Call or on Spotlight at Spotlight: JAMES KEENAN
To listen to the previous episodes of Rear Window and recordings of other shows, visit www.myspace.com/radiotheatregroup, or visit our Blogger page or subscribe through itunes
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Hal Jeffries remains covinced that his neighbour, Lars Thorwald, has murdered his wife, but the police have been unable to prove anything. So Hal determines to trick Thorwald into revealing the location of the body, but in doing so, runs a deadly risk. Will Thorwald attempt to escape, or, now aware that he's being watched, do what is necessary to cover his tracks?
Will Hal become his next victim?
To listen to episode 4, please use the link below. Left click on the link to play or right click to download
Rear Window - Episode 4
The fifth and final episode of Rear Window will be available on the 29th of February.
James Keenan can be contacted on his Casting Call page at Casting Call or on Spotlight at Spotlight: JAMES KEENAN
To listen to the previous episodes of Rear Window and recordings of other shows, visit www.myspace.com/radiotheatregroup, or visit our Blogger page or subscribe through itunes
To subscribe to Radio Theatre Group’s mailing list, please send an e-mail to radiotheatregroup@hotmail.co.uk
Friday, 15 February 2008
Rear Window - Episode 3
Radio Theatre Group
presents
Rear Window
Episode 3
Featuring James Keenan
In Episode 3, Hal is convinced that a murder has taken place in the apartment opposite his own and so reports his suspicions to a friend on the police force, who discreetly begins to investigate, but fails to find any evidence of wrongdoing. However, Hal's instincts tell him that not everything is at it seems to be - and so he takes matters into his own hands, in a bid to get the killer to reveal some vital clue.
To listen to Episode 3, use the link below – left click to play or right click to download.
http://www.archive.org/download/RearWindow-Episode3/RearWindow-Episode3.mp3
presents
Rear Window
Episode 3
Featuring James Keenan
In Episode 3, Hal is convinced that a murder has taken place in the apartment opposite his own and so reports his suspicions to a friend on the police force, who discreetly begins to investigate, but fails to find any evidence of wrongdoing. However, Hal's instincts tell him that not everything is at it seems to be - and so he takes matters into his own hands, in a bid to get the killer to reveal some vital clue.
To listen to Episode 3, use the link below – left click to play or right click to download.
http://www.archive.org/download/RearWindow-Episode3/RearWindow-Episode3.mp3
Episode 4 will be available on the 22nd of February
Friday, 8 February 2008
Rear Window - Episode 2
Radio Theatre Grouppresents
Rear Window
Episode 2
Featuring
James Keenan
In episode 2, Hal Jeffries realises that his neighbours chronically ill wife has disappeared and as he watches the husband's increasingly strange behaviour, suspicion turns to certainty, and he becomes convinced that murder has occured.
To listen to episode 2, use the link below. Left click on the link to play or right click to download.
http://www.archive.org/download/RearWindow-Episode2/RearWindow-Episode2.mp3
Episode 3 will be available on Friday the 15th of February
Episode 3 will be available on Friday the 15th of February
Friday, 1 February 2008
Rear Window - Episode 1
A podcast adventure fromRadio Theatre Group
The classic tale of suspense
Rear Window
An audio recording of the story that inspired the classic Hitchcock movie –
Written by
The classic tale of suspense
Rear Window
An audio recording of the story that inspired the classic Hitchcock movie –
Written by
Cornell Woolrich
feauturing the vocal talents of
James Keenan
Episode 1
Convalescing at home, after breaking his leg, Jeff spends his days sitting idly, watching the comings and goings of his neighbours through his window.
The fabric of life, the pulse of the city, unfolds in front of Jeff’s eyes as he watches people go about their daily habits and activities. A young couple who go out dancing every night, a lonely single mother, struggling to bring up a child, an unemployed man caring for a chronically sick wife.
But then one neighbour, begins acting strangely, unpredictably and Jeff’s suspicions are aroused. Has something sinister happened behind the tan shades?
feauturing the vocal talents of
James Keenan
Episode 1
Convalescing at home, after breaking his leg, Jeff spends his days sitting idly, watching the comings and goings of his neighbours through his window.
The fabric of life, the pulse of the city, unfolds in front of Jeff’s eyes as he watches people go about their daily habits and activities. A young couple who go out dancing every night, a lonely single mother, struggling to bring up a child, an unemployed man caring for a chronically sick wife.
But then one neighbour, begins acting strangely, unpredictably and Jeff’s suspicions are aroused. Has something sinister happened behind the tan shades?
Here's the link, left click to lay or right click to download
http://www.archive.org/download/RearWindow-Episode1/RearWindow-Episode1.mp3
James Keenan
James is a vastly experienced actor, appearing regularly for Radio Theatre Group in roles as diverse as Emperor Ming in The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon and Doctor Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Also an accomplished performer on the stage, he recently attracted critical praise for his role as Captain Tock in Philip Ridley's The Fastest Clock in the Universe and Dirk Sneath, the Victorian villain in the musical melodrama Love Rides The Rails.
Episode 2 of Rear Window will be available on Friday February 8th
From any of the following links
To join our mailing list, send an e-mail to
radiotheatregroup@hotmail.co.uk
James Keenan
James is a vastly experienced actor, appearing regularly for Radio Theatre Group in roles as diverse as Emperor Ming in The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon and Doctor Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Also an accomplished performer on the stage, he recently attracted critical praise for his role as Captain Tock in Philip Ridley's The Fastest Clock in the Universe and Dirk Sneath, the Victorian villain in the musical melodrama Love Rides The Rails.
Episode 2 of Rear Window will be available on Friday February 8th
From any of the following links
To join our mailing list, send an e-mail to
radiotheatregroup@hotmail.co.uk
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
The Killers
Performed and recorded on 21st November 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, GlasgowDirected by Bruce Downie
TENSE! TAUT! TERRIFIC! told the untamed Hemingway way!
Two professional killers invade a small town and kill a gas station attendant, "the Swede," who's expecting them. Insurance investigator Lubinsky pursues the case against the orders of his boss, who considers it trivial. Weaving together threads of the Swede's life, Lubinsky uncovers a complex tale of treachery and crime, all linked with gorgeous, mysterious Kitty Collins.
Derek McDonald plays Ole 'Swede' Anderson
Lisa Queen plays Kittie Collins
Todd Thorn plays Lubinsky
Bruce Downie plays Jim Colfax
(to listen or download the recording, please use the link below)
Double Indemnity
Performed and recorded on 14th November 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, GlasgowDirected by Bruce Downie
From the Moment they met it was Murder!
Smooth talking insurance salesman Walter Neff meets attractive Phyllis Dietrichson when he calls to renew her husband's automobile policy. The couple are immediately drawn to each other and an affair begins. They cook up a scheme to murder Mr. Dietrichson for life insurance money with a double indemnity clause. Unfortunately, all does not go to plan...
Alessandro Conetta plays Walter Neff
Frankie MacEachan plays Phyllis Dietrichson
Paul Darroch plays Barton Keyes and Jackson and Smith
(to listen or download the recording, please click the link below)
http://www.archive.org/download/DoubleIndemnity14-11-07/DoubleIndemnity14-11-07.mp3
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Performed and recorded on 7th November 2007 @ 1.15pm @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
Directed by Bruce Downie
Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!
Nick Smith, the middle-aged proprietor of a roadside restaurant, hires drifter Frank Chambers as a handyman. Frank eventually begins an affair with Nick's beautiful young wife Cora, who talks Frank into helping her kill Nick, but even once the deed is done, they must live with the consequences of their actions.
Gerry Hay plays Frank Chambers
Directed by Bruce Downie
Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!
Nick Smith, the middle-aged proprietor of a roadside restaurant, hires drifter Frank Chambers as a handyman. Frank eventually begins an affair with Nick's beautiful young wife Cora, who talks Frank into helping her kill Nick, but even once the deed is done, they must live with the consequences of their actions.
Gerry Hay plays Frank Chambers
Louisa Thornton plays Cora Papadakis
Jon Dixon plays Nick Papadakis
(to listen or download the recrding, please use the link below)
The Third Man
Performed and recorded on June 13th @ 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, GlasgowDirected by Bruce Downie
'Hunted by men...Sought by women!’
Holly Martins, an out of work pulp fiction novelist, arrives in a post war Vienna where a shortage of supplies has lead to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. Events take a sinister turn and soon Martins finds himself caught up in a dangerous conspiracy.
James Keenan will play the part of Holly Martins
Michael McGill will play Major Calloway
Julia Taudevin will play Anna Schmidt
Derek McDonald will play Harry Lime
Matthias Salz will play the The Boy
(to listen or download the recording, please use the link below)
The 39 Steps
Performed and recorded on June 6th 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, GlasgowDirected by Bruce Downie
‘Handcuffed to the girl who double-crossed him’
Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to London. At the end of Mr Memory's show in a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is running away from secret agents. He accepts to hide her in his flat, but in the night she is murdered. Fearing he could be accused on the girl's murder, Hannay goes on the run to break the spy ring.
James Keenan will play the part of Richard Hannay.
Ailsa MacLeod will play Annabella and Pamela.
Kashif Arshad will play Compere, Cockney Man 1 and other roles
Jon Ericsson will play Mr Memory, The Professor and other roles
(to listen or download the recording, please use the link below
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