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From Sunday 14 October, 主播大秀 Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra are embracing their spooky side and celebrating The Gothic Imagination.
Two new Classic Serial productions of and Mary Shelley鈥檚 Frankenstein lead the season with an accompanying production of focusing on the writers behind these iconic texts.
Late on dark Saturday nights on , there鈥檒l be three original Gothic half hour dramas set in contemporary locations: an old people鈥檚 home, an eerie piano teacher鈥檚 house and in a department store during the riots.
On Radio 3, later this month,听a new play inspired by Nosferatu completes this terrifying collection.
As you can imagine, creating the soundscape for these dramas has been an imaginative challenge for our studio managers who, as well as carefully crafting music and set action pieces, have stabbed and sucked oranges (for Dracula sound effects)and piled up slabs of meat and chicken breasts (for the sound of Frankenstein鈥檚 monster being put together).
The Gothic Imagination: starts on Sunday 14th October at 3pm on 主播大秀 Radio 4.
- Playwright 听blogged about adapting Dracula which you can read
- Listen to preview clips and听interviews for productions on 听thoughout thre season
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