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Solution Unsatisfactory part 2
28/09/2007
Size: 8.4M Duration: 17:53
This week we are pleased to continue our podcast of the Dragon*Con 2001 production of Robert A. Heinlein's Solution Unsatisfactory. Next week will feature the third and final part. Following this will be our five part podcast of H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth, featuring Harlan Ellison.
Guest starring in this production are Peter David and Lisa Getto.
Please remember that the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company is supported entirely by people like
you through the sale of our studio productions on CD. Visit www.artc.org
to see our wide selection of work by HP Lovecraft, Robert A. Heinlein,
and
HG Wells, as well as original material by our own in-house writers.
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Solution Unsatisfactory part 1
21/09/2007
Duration: 18:57 Size: 8.8M
Back in 2001 we performed an adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's Solution Unsatisfactory. As you might expect, we were very proud and excited to present a work by such a well-regarded author. And since it was written in 1941 we were already aware that Mr. Heinlein had seemingly seen the future of world events by predicting the use of atomic weapons, although in a different form.
Little did we realize how memorable this performance would become. Performed live on August 31, we planned studio time for September 12, 2001. Needless to say we moved this production up in the queue.
Guest starring in this production are Peter David and Lisa Getto.
Please remember that the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company is supported entirely by people like
you through the sale of our studio productions on CD. Visit www.artc.org
to see our wide selection of work by HP Lovecraft, Robert A. Heinlein,
and
HG Wells, as well as original material by our own in-house writers.
Or just
tell someone about us. Supporting ARTC means spreading the word about
New Old-Time Radio and it doesn't cost you a cent. Just point them in
the direction of our website or this podcast. Nothing could be simpler
or more helpful.
If
you like this podcast and would like it to continue, please consider
supporting ARTC with one of the methods listed above. But no matter
what, always remember...
There is Adventure in Sound!
Guards! Guards! part three
14/09/2007
Size: 12M Duration: 25:56
Welcome to part three, the final chapter of our 2001 Dragon*Con performance of Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett, adapted for audio by David Benedict, featuring John Rhys-Davies as Lupine Wonse.
I hope everyone has been enjoying hearing this as much as I enjoyed adapting it. Being able to share it with a mass audience has brought back a lot of the enthusiasm I had when I was working on the project originally. I occasionally felt as though I were summoning dragons myself as I constructed them out of pure sound.
As part of this production, ARTC made a donation to the Orangutan Foundation International, an organization dedicated to the preservation of the orangutan and its natural habitat.
But the magic doesn't stop here, oh, no. Next week we'll be bringing you part one of Robert A. Heinlein's Solution Unsatisfactory, adapted for audio by Daniel Taylor, a story which has only gotten creepier in light of events over the past few years.
Please remember that the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company is supported entirely by people like
you through the sale of our studio productions on CD. Visit www.artc.org
to see our wide selection of work by HP Lovecraft, Robert A. Heinlein,
and
HG Wells, as well as original material by our own in-house writers.
Or just
tell someone about us. Supporting ARTC means spreading the word about
New Old-Time Radio and it doesn't cost you a cent. Just point them in
the direction of our website or this podcast. Nothing could be simpler
or more helpful.
If you like this podcast and would like it to continue, please consider supporting ARTC with one of the methods listed above. But no matter what, always remember...
There is Adventure in Sound!
Guards! Guards! part 2
07/09/2007
Size: 11.5M Duration: 24:33
Welcome to part two of our 2001 Dragon*Con performance of Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett, adapted for audio by David Benedict, featuring John Rhys-Davies as Lupine Wonse.
As I mentioned last week, the adaptation for this production was particularly difficult. It is a full-length novel, rich with character development, humor, plots and subplots, and is considered by many to be a fine starting point for those wishing to get into the Discworld series. When compressing it down into an hour, most of that stuff had to go out the window. When we read the first draft it took over two hours and we didn't finish. That's when I knew I had my work cut out for me.
For those of you who have read the original book, I agonized over the scene with the prospective dragon hunters who were all complaining about how you don't get respect from monsters anymore and how one monster's mother actually came round to complain after he was killed and his head put up over the door. For those of you who haven't, don't think this adaptation even begins to cover the depth of this book. Read it.
As part of this production, ARTC made a donation to the Orangutan Foundation International, an organization dedicated to the preservation of the orangutan and its natural habitat.
Please remember that the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company is supported entirely by people like
you through the sale of our studio productions on CD. Visit www.artc.org
to see our wide selection of work by HP Lovecraft, Robert A. Heinlein,
and
HG Wells, as well as original material by our own in-house writers.
Or just
tell someone about us. Supporting ARTC means spreading the word about
New Old-Time Radio and it doesn't cost you a cent. Just point them in
the direction of our website or this podcast. Nothing could be simpler
or more helpful.
Guards! Guards! part 1
31/08/2007
Size: 11.2M Duration: 23:57
Wow. It's hard to believe we've been podcasting now for one full year. Fifty two podcasts have come and gone and now we're starting on year two, and we're starting it with a really special one.
Back in 2001 we received permission to perform Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett at Dragon*Con. Furthermore, we were very priveleged to have John Rhys-Davies play the role of Lupine Wonse When the performance was over we thought that was it...a copy of the recording was sent to Mr. Pratchett, but other than that we thought it would remain locked in the vast, cavernous ARTC archive vault.
But then we started podcasting. And so I wrote to Mr. Pratchett and asked permission to distribute the recording and happily he agreed.
What you are about to hear, in three parts, is something I will always be proud of. I worked very hard on the adaptation, and believe me, cutting a novel-length book down to an hour is hard work, especially when you have an attachment to the material like I did.
I'd like to thank Mr. Terry Pratchett for permission to do the adaptation, performance, and the podcast. I'd also like to thank the late Thomas E. Fuller for his assistance with the adaptation. And I'd like to thank all of you for helping us reach one full year of podcasting, with hopefully many more to come.
Please remember that the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company is supported entirely by people like
you through the sale of our studio productions on CD. Visit www.artc.org
to see our wide selection of work by HP Lovecraft, Robert A. Heinlein,
and
HG Wells, as well as original material by our own in-house writers.
Or just
tell someone about us. Supporting ARTC means spreading the word about
New Old-Time Radio and it doesn't cost you a cent. Just point them in
the direction of our website or this podcast. Nothing could be simpler
or more helpful.
