julieh
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Post by julieh on Dec 31, 2010 16:32:24 GMT
Hi! This is Julie from 19 Nocturne Boulevard - an award-winning anthology audio drama series.
But enough about me...
I'm always on the lookout for classic (i.e., public domain - I respect authors' rights) stories to adapt as episodes of my show.
When I came across this site, I nearly exploded - what an awesome resource! ...Then I got overwhelmed.
So I figure I'll put some feelers out here - anyone have favorite stories to suggest?
Thanx much! and HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 31, 2010 16:56:11 GMT
Two Bottles of Relish by Dunsany might be good. Make a nice short.
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Post by julieh on Dec 31, 2010 17:24:29 GMT
Relish is listed as 1932, so it might not be out of copyright in the U.S. Took me forever to find that, though it sounds like a fun fun story.
Keep 'em coming!
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Post by dem bones on Dec 31, 2010 17:38:59 GMT
are any of our contemporary authors up for this? take a look on the 19 Nocturne Boulevard site and download some sample episodes. looks like there could be some good fun in it for you if you fancy having your work dramatised. Julie, i'll give it some thought, but in the meantime, as was luck would have it, we ransacked a pile of public domain stories for our advent calendar and, provided you're logged in, you can download them as pdf's. i'm not sure they'd all be suitable - very few people like to be reminded that Fresh Fiance's For The Devil's Daughter and The Molemen Want Your Eyes even exist! - but i think the more traditional horrors, 'à la Tartare', 'The Gravedigger's Daughter', 'The Conjurer', 'Man Overboard!', 'The Devil Of The Marsh', maybe 'The Iron Shroud' and definitely 'At The Telephone' are worth looking at, as they're mainly on the short side (three to six pages in most instances) and you might even be able to build a neat trilogy around them. Alexander Woollcott's Moonlight Sonata is easy to find online and one i'd love to see you tackle is Sapper's surprisingly horrible Touch And Go. [/li][li]1. Russell Gray - Fresh Fiances For The Devil's Daughter[/li][li]2. Richard Middleton - The Conjurer[/li][li]3. William Spencer Churchill - Man Overboard![/li][li]4. Thomas Burke - The Chink And The Child[/li][li]5. André de Lorde - At The Telephone[/li][li]6. William Mudford - The Iron Shroud and G. W. M. Reynolds - The Iron Coffin[/li][li]7. Mrs. E. M. Winch - à la Tartare[/li][li]8. H. B. Marriott-Watson - The Devil Of The Marsh & bonus story on Best Horror & Supernatural Of The 19th Century thread: Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch - The Gravedigger's Daughter[/li][li]9. Frederick C. Davis - The Molemen Want Your Eyes[/li][li]10. Hans Heinz Ewers - Tomato Sauce[/li][li]11. Mrs. Henrietta D. Everett - The Crimson Blind[/li][li]12. Villiers de l'Isle-Adam - The Desire To Be A Man
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Post by julieh on Dec 31, 2010 18:09:50 GMT
OooOOOooo! I would absolutely love to tackle some modern authors (someone tell Ramsey Campbell I'm here!) - but there's always the issue of "it's all for the love of it" (i.e., no money). And I understand people gotta make a living. Thanx much for the list - WOW! I'll grab all of those and take a look! I do actually do 10-minute episodes as well - in fact, I just did a pair of shorts at Halloween. I use them to showcase guest producers (and give myself a break - grin). Keep in mind, there are certain restrictions on the audio medium that can affect what will work and what won't. I'll see what pops for me, though! Yay!
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Post by marksamuels on Dec 31, 2010 18:33:55 GMT
Ramsey did a really great series of readings called Twilight Tales from Merseyside (I think) some years ago, and it was brought out by Necronomicon Press. I lent my copy to an acquaintance years ago: I never saw it, or him again... One story that really stuck in my mind was the one about the horrible thing coming up the pathway, but I can't recall the title. Anyway, nearly 2011 so all the best for the New Year to all Vaulters (my fellow cricket fan, James D., is already in 2011; how's it feel over there ...) Gotta make my mind up whether to go to the local pub lock-in later. But I'm already knackerooed. I fear I'm in danger of becoming an old fireside pitbull. Mark S.
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Post by julieh on Dec 31, 2010 20:21:11 GMT
Just read Fresh Fiancees... yeah, a WEE bit over the top. (Reads a bit too much like Greta X) I could easily see it as a movie, though...
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 31, 2010 21:10:58 GMT
Anyway, nearly 2011 so all the best for the New Year to all Vaulters (my fellow cricket fan, James D., is already in 2011; how's it feel over there ...) Thanks you sir, and back at you and all Vaulters. Mildly hung over after drowning a few Ashes sorrows. Still, it's another day - 8am and it's hot and sunny. I hear you chaps have been having a touch of inclement weather...
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 31, 2010 21:35:31 GMT
That old classic, "The Monkey's Paw" would make a great radio play, though I suspect it's been done lots of times before. What about the challenge of setting up an exotic location like India - Kipling would be terrific - or Greece - HTW Bousfield's "The Unknown Island" - or Africa - Phil Robinson's "The Man Eating Tree": www.horrormasters.com/Text/a0541.pdf
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Post by noose on Dec 31, 2010 21:38:04 GMT
How about stories from STONEGROUND GHOST TALES by E G Swain (1912)?
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Post by julieh on Dec 31, 2010 21:51:17 GMT
Monkey's Paw - yeah, it's been done a bazillion times. Could be good still, but I'm far more fascinated by really obscure stories that no one's ever heard of before. I included one Kipling story in my Christmas episode in 2008, along with Conrad's "The Feast". Nice holiday cheer there.... I'll take a look at any of the others I can find. I love the challenge of exotic settings. My very first episode was set in the jungles of steamy Venus. I'm not exclusively horror-based, just always looking for inspiration. The problem I find with so much horror in general (and classic horror in specific) is that it's often either (a) entirely in the head of one narrator character (which lends itself better to audio book than to audio drama), or (b) is only scary when taken in light of the sensibilities of the day - which I can clearly see none of us here have a problem understanding, but when i consider putting it out to an audience that's not as familiar, i have to be able to get everything across properly. Or - most awkward - they depend on some random plot device that makes no sense, and probably made no sense even when the story was written. I don't mind the racism of past eras that much - it's just historical. I'll tone it down if i adapt any story like that, but I won't PC it into oblivion, since that takes away from the history. Most of all, a story just has to have SOMETHING that catches my fancy, and that's too hard to quantify, so I just have to keep moving voraciously forward.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 31, 2010 23:55:52 GMT
Happy New year.
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Post by cw67q on Jan 1, 2011 13:09:34 GMT
Hello Julie & welocme aboard.
Have you considered WF Harvey? I think a number of tales could be done very effectively e.g. August heat, the Dabblers, Miss Cornelius and many others. If you are not familiar with his work there is a very comprehensive Wordworth edition in print for £3 uk called the Beast with Five Fingers (the title story has been adapted foir film staring Peter Lorre.
Best wishes - Chris
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Post by lemming13 on Jan 1, 2011 13:56:41 GMT
I see I'm late, as usual, but I do have some ideas, especially since as Kindle user I largely depend on public domain material to stock up my device. Conan Doyle's B24 could work for you, and there are so many wonderful authors like Bierce, Blackwood, E F Benson, M R James (less overused works like The Haunted Doll's House, or A View From a Hill); but I also recommend some foreign authors. Gogol's Viy or The Mysterious Portrait, Turgenev's The Dog, several of Jonas Lie's Strange Stories from Northern Seas, and Lafcadio Hearn's various Japanese ghost stories. I recall posting a listing of Jonas Lie's stories, but it seems to have vanished; still, you should be able to find all of them in the various internet archives.
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Post by julieh on Jan 1, 2011 15:24:28 GMT
Not late at all - this will be going on for a while. Thanx much for continuing with suggestions! [NOOSE: Is there any place the Swain stories are available online?] [LEMMING] I love M.R. James and I'm quite pleased with my version of Lost Hearts came out a couple of months ago. There's a couple more of his that I'm considering, but one of my favorites, The mezzotint, is so reliant on visuals that it would be tricky to adapt for audio without lots of descriptive narration, which I strenuously avoid. I've thought about a couple of the Lafcadio Hearn ones - do you have any in particular suggestions in mind? One reason I ask for help is because, since I am the sole writer, producer, sound editor, web mistress, etc., for 19 Nocturne Boulevard, my reading time is [un]fairly limited. I really appreciate all the help!
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