Combs chats candidly about his early acting career, the 1985 film “ReAnimator”, his long friendship collaboration with Director Stuart Gordon, the fascination with Edgar Allan Poe that lead to the one-man show “Nevermore”, and so much more. 

A must-listen for fans of Jeffrey Combs! Eavesdrop into this unscripted, free-wheeling actor-to-actor conversation with Jeffrey Combs and Mark Redfield, as they talk the art, career and craft of acting! 

Recorded by phone in April, 2021. 

“Nevermore, An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe” starring Jeffrey Combs, directed by Stuart Gordon, written by Dennis Paoli, and produced by Redfield Arts Audio is available for digital download worldwide by Audible. 

To listen to "Nevermore - An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe" on AUDIBLE visit:
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Ep 21 - 12 - An Interview With Actor Jeffrey Combs

Our guests are author-artist John C. Wilson and Baltimore Theatre Project Founder Philip Arnoult, talking about the art of Michael Iampieri. The interviews were conducted by telephone in the Spring of 2021.

Baltimore Theatre Project was founded by Arnoult in 1971. Born during a tumultuous time of social change in America, Theatre Project grew to be the entry-way in America for thrilling experimental theatre from around the world. Under Arnoult’s guidance, theatre-goers were introduced to some of the planet’s most exciting voices in theatre, music and dance. 

Artist and teacher Micheal Iampieri began attending performances at Baltimore Theatre Project from the beginning, and with his sketchbook and a few pencils and pens, drew lightning sketches in the dark almost every opening night for three decades. 

John C. Wilson, joining Theatre Project in the mid-1970s, became friends with Michael, and in 2020, when Michael was confronted retirement due to declining health, was determined to created a book to pay tribute to and collect Michael’s wonderful illustrations, and create a singular history of Baltimore Theatre Project. The result is the book “Drawing in the Dark- The Art of Michael Iampieri”.

To order the book, visit:
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Philip Arnoult, The Center of International Theatre
http://www.Citd.us 

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Http://www.TheatreProject.org 

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The Art Of Michael Iampieri with John C. Wilson and Philip Arnoult (Ep. 21-19)

In Conversation with Carol M. Ford, biographer of Hogan’s Heroes star Bob Crane.

Mark Redfield chats with Bob Crane biographer Carol M. Ford about her research and surprising discoveries writing “Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography”.

Popular and beloved actor Bob Crane was best known for the CBS comedy “Hogan’s Heroes”, which ran from 1965 to 1971. Crane began his entertainment career as a disc jockey and radio personality, enjoying great popularity on LA’s KNX radio station, before gaining greater fans as Col. Hogan on the CBS situation comedy.

Bob Crane was murdered in Scottsdale Arizona on June 29, 1978. As of this interview, Crane’s murder remains officially unsolved.

The interview was recorded at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, Hunt Valley, Maryland.

To purchase Carol M. Ford's book "Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography" visit: https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/2016/05/2016-author-events-for-bob-crane.html

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Bob Crane Biographer CAROL M. FORD Interview (Ep 21-21)

Recorded at Westminster Hall in Baltimore, MD

Poe’s tale of revenge, served ice cold, was published in the November 1846 issues of the magazines “Godey’s lady’s Book” and “The New England Weekly Review”.

Our production was adapted and directed by Tony Tsendeas, with incidental music and sound scape by David Crandall.

Our star , John Astin, has performed a one-man show called “Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a Midnight”, written by Paul Day Clemons and Ron Magid.

Said John about Poe: “I feel that Poe, through his own tortured existence, gained deep insight into the nature of the universe, along with an intense love and appreciation for life itself. Through this play I want to share that impression with others."

John Astin is teaching and directing theater in Baltimore At Johns Hopkins university as of November 2019, and has had a long, rich career as an actor in radio, films and television.

Additional title from Redfield Arts Audio:
NEVERMORE An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe starring Jeffrey Combs
https://www.audible.com/pd/Nevermore-Audiobook/1645553361

Edgar Allan Poe's Haunted House Of Usher
https://www.audible.com/pd/Edgar-Allan-Poes-Haunted-House-of-Usher-Audiobook/1645551156

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John Astin And Mark Redfield in The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe (Ep. 21-22)

This conversation you are about to listen to, between Mike Flanagan and Mark Redfield, was conducted by phone while Flanagan was editing “Before I Wake” in 2015, and Flanagan was on pins and needles waiting on word that Stephen King would give his blessing for him to make “Gerald’s Game”.

Writer-director-editor Mike Flanagan made his first splash with horror films fans with his 2011 crowd-source-funded film “Absentia”. “Absentia” featured actors from Flanagan’s student-film days, and genre favorite Doug Jones, the star of “The Shape of Water” and “Pan’s Labyrinth” .

His real break-out film in the horror genre was “Oculus” from 2014.

Flanagan’s next major film was “Hush”, released by Netflix in 2016. This lead to writing and directing an adaptation of Stephen King’s “Gerald’s Game” for Netflix and, eventually, to the adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel “The Haunting of Hill House” for Netflix, released as a 10-episode film, in 2018. “The Haunting of Hill House” as won raves and accolades from fans and critics. Stephen King said, “ ‘The Haunting of Hill House’, revised and remodeled by Mike Flanagan. I don’t usually care for this kind of revisionism, but this is great. Close to a work of genius. I think Shirley Jackson would approve, but who knows for sure.”

His latest series on Netflix is "The Haunting Of Bly Manor".

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Director/Writer MIKE FLANAGAN On Screenwriting (Ep 21-25)

Ep 21-30 - In Conversation with Caroline Munro

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Mark Redfield chats with Caroline Munro, the star of “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad” and “The Spy Who Loved Me” about her recent film work, and about recent film projects like Joshua Kennedy’s “House of the Gorgon”. 

Caroline Munro voiced Junah, the pirate princess in our full-length audio adventure “Sinbad and the Pirate Princess”, and Rita in our swinging 60s adaptation of Poe’s “The Black Cat”. Redfield Arts Audio is very excited to share that they are producing “Caroline Munro - In My Own Words”, Caroline’s audio-autobiography, premiering worldwide in 2022! 

This conversation was recorded in October 2019, at the Crypticon Convention in Minneapolis.

In Conversation with Actress CAROLINE MUNRO (Ep 21-30)

Drawing in the Dark at Baltimore Theatre Project. On artist Micheal Iampieri, with John C. Wilson, Anne Cantler-Fulwiler, and Philip Arnoult. 

Artist Michael Iampieri drew during live performances of theatre, dance, and music for more than 30 years. John C. Wilson’s book, “Drawing in the Dark: The Art of Michael Iampieri” celebrates the legacy of Baltimore Theatre Project’s visual historian, and showcases nearly 300 of Michael’s drawings. Paired with essays by former Theatre Project Directors, “Drawing in the Dark” reveals the intimate relationship between performance and audience. With quick, mindful strokes of his pencil, Micheal captured the precision of movement, depth of emotion, and verve of dramatic performance. 

We present an audio recording of a panel discussion that was held at The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore on Tuesday, August 10th, 2021. The speakers are author John C. Wilson, Theatre Project Board Member and Former Producing Director Anne Cantler-Fulwiler, and Theatre Project Founder Philip Arnoult. The moderator is Juanita Rockwell, writer and director, and founding director of Towson Univerity’s MFA in Theatre program. The event was held at the Ivy Bookshop’s spacious outdoor covered patio. A fierce thunder and rain storm moved in, but didn’t dissuade the large audience for attending the book-signing and panel discussion. 

The Baltimore Theatre Project is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2021-2022. Founded in 1971 by Philip Arnoult, the theatre has been presenting theatre, music, dance, and performance art from around the world since its doors opened. 

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Drawing in the Dark at Baltimore Theatre Project (Ep 21-33)

Poe died on October 7th, 1849, in Baltimore. The mystery of what brought him to death’s door will never be solved. His genius, poetry and tales live on beyond his brief forty-years on Earth.

This miniature audio portrait was written and narrated by Mark Redfield. Original Music and Sound Design by Jennifer Rouse. Narrated by Redfield, it features the voices of Tom Brandau, Kevin G. Shinnick, Sean Paul Murphy, David Ellis, and others.

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On The Death Of Edgar Poe (Ep. 21-35)

“The Set of Poe” (1903) by George Ade. Read by Mark Redfield (Ep 22-11)

This whisp of a story about a man who’s imagination runs away with him at Christmas, creating doubts in his mind as to whether his wife loves him (over his wish to buy a collected set of the works of Edgar Allan Poe!), was published in 1903. 

George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and the liberal use of capitalization in his characters' dialog.

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Have We Got A Story To Tell You! 

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“The Set of Poe” (1903) by George Ade. Read by Mark Redfield (Ep 22-11)

THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE Poe's "The Cask Of Amontillado" - John Astin and Mark Redfield (Ep 23-2)

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Recorded before a live audience at Westminster Hall in Baltimore (where Edgar Allan Poe is buried!), THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO stars John Astin as "Montresor" and Mark Redfield as "Fortunato". The play was adapted from Poe's short story and directed by Tony Tsendeas.

Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" was published in November 1846, in Godey's Lady's Book. This performance of Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" was recorded before a live audience on June 22nd, 2013 at Westminster Hall Burial Grounds, in Baltimore, Maryland, where Edgar Allan Poe is buried.

(27:35 minutes)
Cast & Crew

"Montresor" is played by John Astin

"Fortunato" is played by Mark Redfield

Announcer: Mary Anne Perry

Adapted and Directed by Tony Tsendeas

Sound Design is by David Crandall.

Recording Engineer/Technical Director is Bill Dickson of Drat Productions.

THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO is a new adaptation, written and directed by Tony Tsendeas especially for Poe Forevermore Radio Theater.

"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book.

THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE Poe's "The Cask Of Amontillado" - John Astin and Mark Redfield (Ep 23-2)

Redfield Arts Audio presents The Midnight Matinee.
“The Black Cat 1969” 
Inspired by the story The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe.

Cast of Characters
Rita… Caroline Munro
Alfie… Mark Redfield 
Barman… Caesare Arena
Judge, Frederico, Bill … Mark Redfield 

Sound Recordist…Bill Dickson
Sound Design and Editor…Jennifer Rouse

Set in swinging London of the 1960s, Poe’s story of an unreliable narrator who tells the tale of murder and madness, felines and felony, and a tell-tale meow I’d performed by Caroline Munro (“Sinbad and the Pirate Princess” for Redfield Arts Audio, and the films “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad”, “The Spy Who Loved Me”, “Dracula AD 1972”, and “At the Earth’s Core”) and Mark Redfield (“Sinbad and the Pirate Princess” and “Frankenstein Mobster” for Redfield Arts Audio). 

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THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE - "The Black Cat 1969" Starring Caroline Munro and Mark Redfield (Ep 23-4)

THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE - The Yellow Wallpaper (Ep. 23-6)

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In this audio drama adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s famous 1892 tale of a woman’s decent into madness while submitting to her doctor-husband’s “rest cure”, the themes emerge vibrantly that caused the original short story to be rediscovered and hailed as a classic of short horror fiction in the 1970s. It’s powerful message retains its clearness and strength to this day. Recorded before a live audience at Baltimore Theatre Project on Halloween night, 2013.


Adapted and directed by Mark Redfield from the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. 
Starring Mara Neimanis as The Wife, Mark Redfield as John. With Susan Stroupe as Jennie and Chris Pfingsten as Robert. 

Sound design: David Crandall. 
Audio Engineer: Bill Dickson. 
Live Sound FX and Foley by Mike Moran and Rebecca Eastman. 
Original Music and arrangements by Jennifer Rouse.

©2019 Mark Redfield/Mark Redfield Studios

THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE - The Yellow Wallpaper (Ep. 23-6)

THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE - "Valdemar" - Based On The Story By Poe (Ep 23-8)

“Valdemar“ stars the voice talents of Jennifer Rouse as “Elmira Valdemar”, J.R. Lyston as “Ernest Valdemar” and Mark Redfield as “Harlan Hurlock”.

The production was written and directed by Mark Redfield, inspired by a story by Edgar Allan Poe.

Original Music and Sound Design by Jennifer Rouse.

Redfield takes his inspiration for the script from the Edgar Allan Poe short story “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”, and sets his story in a dreamlike urban city in the early 20th century. A world where the rich and pampered collide with the side-show carnival huckster and con-man. A world where the greedy and selfish fall victim to their own desires, with horrifying consequences. For no man, or woman, can truly escape death… Poe’s original story “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”, from which this audio play is inspired, was published in 1845. A work of horror fiction, it is also something of a hoax, as the story was originally published without claiming it was fictional, and readers believed the events described, of a man called Valdemar mesmerized at the point of death and upon coming out of the trance, devolving into a puddle of putrification. It was published simultaneously in “The American Review” and “Broadway Journal”, December 1845. Many readers thought the events to be true, until Poe admitted otherwise in his “Marginalia”. Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote to Poe to commend him on his talent for “making horrible improbabilities seem near and familiar”. The most well-known film adaptation appears in Roger Corman’s “Tales of Terror” (1962) starring Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone. Redfield Arts Audio presents “Valdemar”, written and directed by Mark Redfield.


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THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE - "Valdemar" - Based On The Story By Poe (Ep 23-8)

A Preview of “Anna Christie” With Mark Redfield, Mackenzie Menter, and Jennifer Rouse (Ep 23-9)

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When we recorded Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie”, Mark Redfield and Mackenzie Menter took a break to talk about the project, and Mackenzie’s work as an actor. 

Mackenzie is a young New York-based actor and singer who voices Virginia in “The Canterville Ghost”, and narrated “The Gift of the Magi” and a collection of children’s stories for Redfield Arts Audio. Just two actors shooting the breeze. As you do.

In the podcast, we hear moments from our audio production of “Anna Christie”, and the debut of Mackenzie singing "Leave Her Johnny", the theme song from “Anna Christie”.

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A Preview of “ANNA CHRISTIE” With Mark Redfield, Mackenzie Menter, and Jennifer Rouse (Ep 23-9)

"The Curse of Black Aggie"
A Ghost Story

An Original Audio Drama Written by Stuart Voytilla

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Featuring the voice talents of: 
Susan Stroupe … Claire, a nun, aka “Black Aggie”
Chris Pfingsten … Edward Pausch, Saint-Gaudens
Mike Moran … cemetery attendant, Mr. Adams
Mara Neimanis … Mrs. Annie Agnus
Rebecca Eastman … Mrs. Saint-Guadens
David Crandall … Father Leland
and Mark Redfield … Felix Agnus

Original Music by Jennifer Rouse. Soundscape and Sound Effects by David Crandall. Recording Audio Engineer Bill Dickson.

Recorded before a live audience at Baltimore Theatre Project.

A ghost story. An urban legend. The legend lives! The legend kills!

“The Curse of Black Aggie” tells one possible origin story of the famous Baltimore urban legend of the sinister, and sad, “Black Aggie”. A creepy tale of artists, stolen art, stolen innocence, stolen souls, abuse, and vengeful spirits returning from the grave!

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THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE - The Curse Of Black Aggie (Ep 23-9)

Redfield Arts Audio presents

The Midnight Matinee

“The Resurrectionist" An Interview with Frank, The Bodysnatcher - An Original Audio Drama By Tony Tsendeas

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Recorded before a live audience at Westminster Hall in Baltimore (where Edgar Allan Poe is buried!), THE RESURRECTIONIST stars Tony Tsendeas as "Frank" and Mark Redfield as "The Interviewer". The play is an original created exclusively by Tony Tsendeas.

The Midnight Matinee, from Redfield Arts Audio, brings you original audio drama, and adaptations of contemporary and classic tales of mystery, horror and the imagination.

This performance of "The Resurrectionist" was recorded before a live audience on June 22nd, 2013 at Westminster Hall Burial Grounds, in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Cast & Crew

Frank, the body-snatcher...Tony Tsendeas

The Interviewer...Mark Redfield

Lily...Mary Anne Perry

Drunk...David Crandall

Dr. Davidge...John Astin

Bartleby...Chris Pfingsten

Gretchen...Patricia Coleman

Constable...Mark Redfield

Dr. Abbott...Patricia Coleman

Night Watch...David Crandall

Announcer...Chris Pfingsten

© Mark Redfield Studios. All Rights Reserved.

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LINKS TO END TRAILER TITLES

Sherlock Holmes And The Blue Carbuncle
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sherlock-Holmes-and-the-Blue-Carbuncle-Audiobook/1645551857

The Story Of Edgar Allan Poe
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Story-of-Edgar-Allan-Poe-Audiobook/1645551172

Jeffrey Combs' NEVERMORE An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe
https://www.audible.com/pd/Nevermore-Audiobook/1645553361

THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE - "The Resurrectionist" - An Interview With Frank, The Body Snatcher

"Fortunato's Fatal Misfortune" Audio Drama Starring Mark Redfield and Chris Pfingsten

Based on "The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe

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Recorded before a live audience at the Baltimore Theatre Project, "FORTUNATO'S FATAL MISFORTUNE" stars Mark Redfield as "Montresor" and Chris Pfingsten as "Fortunato". The play was adapted from Poe's short story "The Cask Of Amontillado" and directed by Tony Tsendeas. Mike Moran created the live sound effects and Dave Crandall created the electronic ambience. Music by Jennfer Rouse and the audio engineer is Bill Dickson of Drat Productions.

Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" was published in November 1846, in Godey's Lady's Book.

Cast & Crew
"Montresor" is played by Mark Redfield
"Fortunato" is played by Chris Pfingsten
Announcer: Chris Pfingsten
Adapted and Directed by Tony Tsendeas
Sound Design is by David Crandall.
Sound Effects: Mike Moran
Music: Jennifer Rouse
Album art design: Jennifer Rouse
Recording Engineer/Technical Director is Bill Dickson of Drat Productions.

"FORTUNATO'S FATAL MISFORTUNE" is a new adaptation, written and directed by Tony Tsendeas.

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THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE "Fortunato's Fatal Misfortune" - Based on The Cask Of Amontillado By Poe

Redfield Arts Audio presents
A New Monthly Show!

“Old Time Radio Revisited”

This month: The Shadow “Murder From The Grave”

Once-a-month we’ll present “Old Time Radio Revisited”, highlighting a program, actor, or personality of the Golden Age of radio drama. Martin Grams Jr. and Mark Redfield will alternate as hosts for the shows. 

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This episode:
A doctor creates a secret solution which will bring the dead back to life. In the hospital morgue, he injects the serum into a dead convict, who awakens and promptly kills the doctor. The convict then steals the doctor's "life giving solution" in order to inject other dead convicts and terrorize the city with his ghoulish gang. During their crime spree, The Shadow infiltrates the gang as a disguised dead convict named "Dutch Carson." With commentary by author and Old Time Radio historian Martin Grams Jr.

Writer(s) - Script: Jerry Devine

Starring 
Bill Johnstone
Marjorie Anderson

Aired date - April 6, 1941
Running time - 30 min

ABOUT Martin Grams, Jr. 
Martin is an American pop culture historian who has written extensively on radio, television and films. Under the guidelines of his profession Grams provided audio commentary for commercial releases of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, written hundreds of magazine articles for scholarly journals, provided commentary for filmed documentaries and delivers lectures at various institutions including ARSC, SPERDVAC, REPS and the Library of Congress. 
For more info about his books, visit:
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The Shadow - Murder From The Grave - Old Time Radio Revisited (Ep 23-12)

Redfield Arts Audio presents
The Midnight Matinee
“The Poe House Hauntings”

Baltimore, October, 1938.

The City is planning to demolish a tiny row house on the west side. But The Poe Society has found historic evidence the American author Edgar Allan Poe once lived there, and they want the house to be preserved. John Sullivan is tasked with watching the house for several nights to ward off vandals until the order is given to stop the wrecking ball. What ghostly happenings will John experience? Is the Poe House haunted? And by who? Or what? 

Featuring the voices of Mary Anne Perry, Mike Moran, Eric Supensky, B. Thomas Rinaldi, and Mark Redfield. 

This is a fictional account of historic events. Names and places are used fictitiously, and do not reflect actual persons or places, living or dead. 

Recorded at Drat Studios. Bill Dickson, recording engineer. Original music and sound design, Jennifer Rouse. 

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THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE - "The Poe House Hauntings" - (Ep 23-12)

Redfield Arts Audio presents
Martin Grams’ Old Time Radio Revisited
Gangbusters “The Battle Of Alcatraz”

We present a classic Old Time Radio Drama monthly, with commentary by author and Old Time Radio historian Martin Grams Jr.

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ORIGINAL AIR DATE: May 11, 1946

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"Edgar Allan Poe's Haunted House Of Usher" Available now on Audible at:
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OLD TIME RADIO REVISITED With Martin Grams, Jr. - GANGBUSTERS - The Battle Of Alcatraz (Ep 23-13)

“The Fall of The City” by Archibald MacLeish Starring Orson Welles and Burgess Meredith

Fascism is a slippery word. It’s meaning changes and is nuanced with each incarnation. Fascist leaders copy other fascists , and use what is expedient to control the people.

We present the audio drama “the Fall of the City” by Archibald MacLeish.
Produced by the Columbia Workshop for CBS Radio and presented on April 11th, 1937.
This experimental radio play was a sensation when broadcast in the spring of 1937, and made an overnight radio star of 22 year-old Orson Welles. The New York Times selected “the Fall of the City” as one of the best radio broadcasts of 1937.

The Fall of the City
By Archibald MacLeish
Recorded at the drill hall of the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City on April 11th, 1937.
Broadcast by CBS radio.
A production of The Columbia Workshop.

The Cast includes:
House Jameson as the studio director
Orson Welles as the Announcer
Adelaide Klein as the Voice of the Dead Woman
Carleton Young as the First Messsenger
Burgess Meredith as The Orator
With 200 extras to voice the crowds
“the City has fallen” was directed by Irving Reis with music by Bernard Herrmann.

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OLD TIME RADIO REVISITED - "The Fall Of The City" by Archibald MacLeish (Ep 23-14)

This conversation with the late J. R. Lyston and me was totally unplanned. Completely impromptu. We had just recorded a Sherlock Holmes audio drama, and I suggested that we do an interview to talk about our many years of collaborating and acting together. At the time of this recording, we’d worked together for 36 years. 

Well…we rambled. Went down rabbit holes. Talked over and interrupted each other… (J. R. wasn’t very good about using his hearing aids in his last years…)

And so, now, in 2023, it’s been about 40 years of working together. In plays, films, and audio drama. J. R. Lyston passed away on 8 August 2023. I’ve felt the loss heavily. I love him, and loved working with him dearly.

We present this unpublished “interview” as a tribute to J. R. and a way for me to share his own story, his journey in the theatre arts, and as a teacher. I’m not sure what folks will get from listening to the two of us babble and kibbutz, but for Baltimore theatre folk, many of the names and places should ring familiar bells. 

I miss J.R. and I know I’ll miss him for the rest of what’s left in my life. When I think about future audio projects, I will still think to call him up and ask him to the studio. So many characters left to do…

I thank you all who listen to us…two theatre kids kibitzing. 

- Mark Redfield
September 2023 

John R. Lyston 
OCTOBER 2, 1932 – AUGUST 8, 2023

Photo: a publicity photo of Mark Redfield as Milo Tindle and J. R. Lyston as Andrew Wyke in the play “Sleuth” by Anthony Shaffer. 

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J. R. Lyston (2 October 1932- 8 August 2023) & Mark Redfield - Two Theatre Kids Kibitzing (Ep 23-15)

On this podcast: we present Producer-Actor Mark Redfield and Writer-Director Tom Brandau (1960-2021) discussing the making of their first indie feature film COLD HARBOR.

THE STORY

When an old man ends his life by throwing himself into the icy winter surf near his seaside home, his four estranged sons are left to deal with their memories, feelings of loss and betrayal, and unsettling family issues. As they pick through and pack up his belongings, they discover the missing puzzle pieces of their own lives, gradually recognizing themselves and each other in the remnants of their father's life.

Starring Mark Redfield (The Death Of Poe, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,Dark and Stormy Night, The Fall of the House of Usher- Netflix ) COLD HARBOR is a tough, touching drama full of gritty, honest moments and dark, humorous situations. Writer-director Tom Brandau draws upon real-life events to craft this award winning film about loss and family mythology and, ultimately, about burying the dead and getting on with life.

STARRING

Mark Redfield…Roger
Richard M. Lopez…Rick
James Caffery…Tom
Adam Raynen…Bobby

with Britta Jepsen, Stanley Morstein, E. John Edmonds, Mike Lane, Kerry Wynn, Reid Hill, Lisbeth Sabol, Ernie Boston, Brooke Spottiswoode, Chuck Richards, and Dianah Gibson.

PRODUCTION
Photography by Peter Mullett
Music by Nalin Taneja
Edited by Wayne Hipley and Mike Flanagan
Production Manager Kathi Ash
"Playing It Dead" Song by Mike Lane
Produced By Mark Redfield
Written and Directed by Tom Brandau

WINNER Best Feature Film - Annapolis Reel Cinema Festival 2004

WINNER Best Feature Film - Forx Film Festival 2005

"For the viewer, the emotional recognition is only a frigid wave crash away" - Baltimore City Paper

The Making of COLD HARBOR Commentary with Director Tom Brandau and Producer Mark Redfield (Ep 23-16)

Exclusive! An Interview with Pluto, Poe’s Grumpy Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe’s famous tale of perverse terror “The Black Cat” was published in 1843. Redfield Arts Audio presents an exclusive audio interview with the cat who inspired it!

Mark Redfield is an actor, voice actor, writer, director, filmmaker and artist.

Redfield Arts Audio produces audio books and original audio dramas. Titles available on Audible worldwide, and other platforms, include “Frankenstein Mobster” with Daniel Roebuck and Debbie Rochon, “Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe” starring Jeffrey Combs, “Sinbad and the Pirate Princess” starring Caroline Munro and Martine Beswicke, and many others. The Redfield Arts Audio Podcast can be heard weekly on all podcast platforms. 

Film and TV work include “Fall of the House of Usher” (Netflix 2023), “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (2002), Larry Blamire’s “Dark and Stormy Night”, and many other indie films and television programs. In theatre, Redfield has acted in or directed over 200 plays professionally. He studied at Towson University, and UNESCO’s Theatre of Nations. 

Redfield has been a voice actor for many years, narrating audio books, voicing commercials, video games, and narrating documentaries.  

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Exclusive! An Interview With Pluto, Poe's Grumpy Black Cat (Ep 23-17)

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (2002) Music Suite by Nalin Taneja
From the Motion Picture Soundtrack
A Film by Mark Redfield

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ABOUT THE FILM:
Starring
Mark Redfield
Elena Torrez
Kosha Engler
Carl Randolph

Based on the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by Mark Redfield and Stuart Voytilla
Directed by Mark Redfield

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

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DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (2002) Music Suite by Nalin Taneja From the Motion Picture Soundtrack

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER is a famous short story, a work of American Gothic fiction, written by Edgar Allan Poe. The tale was published in 1839 in Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine, and then, after a revision, included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. The story contains Poe’s poem “The Haunted Palace”, which has been published separately. 

The story has inspired tellings and adaptations stage, radio, television, opera, musical theater, and film. The best known film adaptation is Roger Corman’s HOUSE OF USHER (1960) written by Richard Mathewson and starring Vincent Price. The best on television, is Mike Flanagan’s Netflix Limited Series from 2023, THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. Starring Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Mark Hamill, T’Nia Miller, Samantha Sloyan, Kate  Siegel, Ruth Codd, Kyliegh Curran, Carl Lumby, Katie Parker, and Mark Redfield. 

Mark Redfield 
is a voice actor, actor, writer, director, filmmaker and artist.

Redfield Arts Audio produces audio books and original audio dramas. Titles available on Audible worldwide, and other platforms, include “Frankenstein Mobster” with Daniel Roebuck and Debbie Rochon, “Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe” starring Jeffrey Combs, “Sinbad and the Pirate Princess” starring Caroline Munro and Martine Beswicke, and many others. The Redfield Arts Audio Podcast can be heard weekly on all major podcast platforms including Spotify, iHeartRadio, Pandora, Soundcloud and others. 

Film and TV work include “Fall of the House Of Usher” (Netflix 2023), “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” (2002), Larry Blamire’s “Dark and Stormy Night”, and many other indie films and television programs. In theatre, Redfield has acted in or written and directed over 200 plays professionally. Spring 2024 theatrical productions include “Moby Dick-Rehearsed” by Orson Welles, and “Mr. Pim Passes By” by A. A. Milne. He studied at Towson University, and UNESCO’s Theatre Of Nations. 

Redfield has been a voice actor for over 40 years, narrating audio books, voicing commercials, video games, and narrating documentaries. Redfield is also the co-author, with Stuart Voytilla, of “Cult Of The Nosferatu”, the first novel in the “Vampire Hunters Incorporated” series.
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"The Fall Of The House Of Usher" By Edgar Allan Poe - Read By Mark Redfield (Ep. 24-1)

Mark Redfield Studios Presents

THE DRUM MAJOR
A Palatine Hill production

With Michael Mack as the voice of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Narrated by Jim Pollack and Leslie Willson
Music and Sound by Jennifer Rouse
Recorded at Drat Productions. Audio Engineer, Bill Dickson
“Canaan Land” performed by Donal Leace
Special Thanks to Jeff Herberger
Produced by Michael Mack and Jim Pollock
Written and Directed by Michael Mack.

THE DRUM MAJOR explores the last and most challenging year in the life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Written and Directed by Michael Mack (HOUSE OF CARDS, HEAD OF STATE, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION), THE DRUM MAJOR features narration by producer Jim Pollock, with Leslie Willson, Music and Sound Design by associate producer Jennifer Rouse, and a special performance of the song CANAAN LAND by folk music legend Donal Leace, who marched with Dr. King in the 1960s. “Mack,” who portrays the Voice of Dr. King, “is a compelling actor” raves The Washington Post.

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"THE DRUM MAJOR" Starring Michael Mack as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ep. 24-2)

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THE POE FAMILY COMES FROM IRELAND!
It begins, as far back as can be reliably traced, to Edgar’s great-great-grandfather David Poe in the town of Dring, County Cavan, Ireland, about 75 miles north of Dublin. (There are going to be a few “Davids” in our brief re-cap, so get your score cards ready!)

There is no record of David Poe’s birth, only of his death in 1742. He was a farmer and overseer of Parrish roads in Kidallan in County Cavan. It is possible (but there is no definite proof) that he was descended from the Dr. Leonard Poe who was the official physician for King James I and later for King Charles I.

David Poe, who married a woman named Sarah, gave birth to a son called John (date unknown). John Poe (Edgar’s great-grandfather) married Jane McBride and immigrated to America sometime around 1749 or 1750. They lived briefly in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and then moved and settled in Baltimore, Maryland. David and Jane had 10 children. Their son David (Edgar’s grandfather—still with me?) was born in either 1742 or 1743 before they came to America.

Featuring poetry read by Mark Redfield by:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Samuel Beckett
- Jane Wilde
- William Butler Yeats

"Auld Lang Syne" performed by Jennifer Rouse

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Before Edgar Poe - The Poet's Irish Heritage (Ep 24-2)

In Conversation with Gary D. Rhodes, author of “Vampires in the Silent Cinema”.

Gary and Mark Redfield chat about his new book, published by Edinburgh University Press, and all things vampires, silent film, and contemporary cinematic vampires. Gary D. Rhodes is an accomplished author, film historian, filmmaker, and teacher. 

Look for “Vampires in Silent Cinema” on Amazon, along with Rhodes’ other brilliant film books, essays, and novels! 

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Always the human voice! NEVER “A.I.”!

In Conversation with Gary D. Rhodes, author of “Vampires in the Silent Cinema”( Ep 24 - 3)

For three days on two screens, Bay Area Film Events presented 10 great fantasy films from the master stop-motion animator and special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen at the Balboa Theater in San Francisco. 

For the three-day film festival, in between the screenings, there were presentations made by Connor Heaney, the Collections Manager for The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation, and Ray and Diana’s daughter, Vanessa Harryhausen.

Vanessa and Connor spoke on many topics related to Vanessa’s father’s life and work. The talks, with audience question and answer sessions following, included a wide range of topics, including Vanessa’s experiences at home and on set with her father and his film work. 

Mark Redfield was able to steal Vanessa and Connor away for a few minutes during the weekend festival to dig a little deeper into what the duo were up to in making preparations for Ray Harryhausen’s cenntenial in 2020. Including a grand museum exhibition planned to celebrate the life and legacy of the brilliant animator. 

Here’s Mark Redfield, in conversation with Connor Heaney and Vanessa Harryhausen. 

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THE REDFIELD ARTS REVUE Episode 16: In Conversation With Vanessa Harryhausen and Connor Heaney

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