Today's episode is the first in a series titled "Austen Adaptation Autopsy". In this series, the various adaptations of the six major Austen works are analyzed, from the point of view of overall quality versus faithfulness to the original novel. 

We start with a two-part for Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's most famous work: the first half pays attention to the 1940 MGM film, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with Golden Hollywood legends  Greer Garson and Sir Laurence Oliver. Next is the 1980 BBC miniseries, with Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul. And of course, the last one is the beloved 1995 miniseries, with a screenplay by Andrew Davies, starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. 

The interview with Marsha Hunt (Mary), Ann Rutherford (Lydia) and Karen Morley (Charlotte Lucas) mentioned in the podcast can be found here: 

http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/printed/number11/turan2.htm

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Austen Adaptation Autopsy - Pride & Prejudice (part 1)

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Summary:
Audie Award Winner, Distinguished Achievement in Production, 2013
Audie Award Winner, Multi-voiced Performance, 2013
Audie Award Nominee, Classic, 2013

Because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil Transylvanian count and the success of numerous film adaptations that have been created over the years, the modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power. 

This production of Dracula is presented by what is possibly the best assemblage of narrating talent ever for one audiobook: Emmy Award nominees Alan Cumming and Tim Curry plus an all-star cast of Audie award-winners Simon Vance (The Millenium Trilogy), Katherine Kellgren (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Susan Duerden (The Tiger’s Wife), John Lee (Supergods) and customer favorites Graeme Malcolm (Skippy Dies), Steven Crossley (The Oxford Time Travel series), Simon Prebble (The Baroque Cycle), James Adams (Letters to a Young Contrarian), Nicola Barber (The Rose Garden), Victor Villar-Hauser (Fun Inc.), and Marc Vietor (1Q84). These stellar narrators have been cast as follows: 

Dr. Seward: Alan Cumming
Jonathan Harker: Simon Vance
Mina Murray/Harker: Katy Kellgren
Lucy Westenra: Susan Duerden
Van Helsing: Tim Curry
Graeme Malcolm: Dailygraph correspondent
Steven Crossley: Zookeeper’s account and reporter
Simon Prebble: Varna
James Adams: Patrick Hennessey
Nicola Barber: Sister Agatha
Victor Villar-Hauser: Arthur Holmwood
Marc Vietor: Quincey Morris
John Lee: Introductory paragraph, various letters

What the Critics Say:

“listening to this full-cast performance turns out to be remarkably suspenseful and chilling…The superlative cast lends this powerful production the diversity that is required by the structure of the novel…Each actor employs various accents, infusing into the characters vibrant emphasis, urgency, and dread.” (AudioFile)


Austen Adaptation Autopsy - Pride & Prejudice (part 1)

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