Carmilla
The Original Vampire Story
Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic novella Carmilla was published in the 1872 ghost story collection 'In a Glass Darkly', since when its influence can be traced on everything from Bram Stoker’s novel 'Dracula' to Dreyer’s 1920s film 'Vampyr' and Hammer’s lurid 1970s film 'The Vampire Lovers'. Le Fanu’s original is far more than a vampire story, however, offering a love story plausible in its complexity, a subtle psychological study of individuals at the mercy of the unknown, and an elegant chiller all in one.
Carmilla tells the story of Laura, a lonely and imaginative girl on the threshold of womanhood, living in isolation in a remote castle in Styria on the cast of CarmillaAustro-Hungarian border. Apart from a traumatic childhood dream of a predatory night visitor, Laura’s life has been simple and happy in the company of her stern father and kindly governess Madame Perrodon. A seemingly innocent coach accident brings an unexpected guest into their lives: this is the bewitching and beautiful Carmilla, who while recuperating at the castle strikes up a close friendship with Laura .......
Cast
A wonderful cast were assembled to record Carmilla: Anne-Marie Duff (Laura) is known from the film 'The Magdalene Sisters' and television’s 'Sinners' and 'Amongst Women'; Brana Bajic (Carmilla), originally a stage actress from Sarajevo, is now based in the UK and recently appeared in television’s 'Stranded' and 'Randall & Hopkirk'. Veterans of the supernatural David Warner and Jacqueline Pearce took part: David (Father) was his generation’s Hamlet and appeared in films such as 'Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment', 'Straw Dogs', 'The Omen' and 'Titanic'to name but a few; and Jacqueline (Duchess) is well known to television viewers of a certain age as Servalan in 'Blake’s 7'. Celia Imrie and Kenneth Cranham are well known to radio, film and television fans, Celia’s work ranging from the film 'Hilary and Jackie' to television’s 'The Planman', and Kenneth’s from the film 'Gangster No.1' to television’s 'Without Motive'.
Writer & Director
Don McCamphill is an exciting, versatile writer from Ballymena in Northern Ireland, whose radio credits include the afternoon plays 'Bull Epic' (shortlisted for the Richard Imison Award 2000), 'The Wide Open Sea' and 'The Price of Reputation', and recently the 2-part classic serial dramatisation of Thackeray’s 'Barry Lyndon' and the Friday Play 'Take the Bus'. He has had stage work performed in Belfast, and is the author of the BBC Northern Lights short film 'The Wayfarer'. He is currently studying an M.A. in Film at Goldsmith’s, London.
Lawrence Jackson directed all of the above radio productions by Don for BBC Northern Ireland, as well as directing the short “The Wayfarer”. His other radio credits as director include the first two series of 'Baldi' starring David Threlfall, the Woman’s Hour series 'Voices from Vindolanda' and the 2-part classic serial dramatisation of Stendhal’s 'The Charterhouse of Parma'.
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Recording Details
Mpeg Layer 3
Lame engine 3.98
Stereo
192 kbit/s
48000 Hz
Date: 2003
Length: 45 min
Total Folder Size: 50.5 Mb
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