Dracula (1984) by Peter Orr (Argo and Radio 210)

[David Vopicka]

In four parts

[Chimp]

Many thanks!

[Gerald Lea]

Cheers!

[Luke Danes]

Can someone upload this again, prettyplease? :)

[Anson (Bob) Roberts]

with sugar on top? :>)

[Riklaa]

Where is this from? What is the date? Please I beg of you to put information about your posts so that others will know whether to download it or not. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rick

[Anson (Bob) Roberts]

This appears to be a cassette version of one of the many BBC Dracs.

[Magersfontein]

This is the dramatisation by Peter Orr that was released as a double cassette on the Argo label about 25 years ago.

The cast is remarkable, not only for the number of very distinguished actors playing bit parts but for the number of very distinguished musicians playing bit parts.

Narrator: Bruce Alexander
Jonathan Harker: Nigel Cooke
Waiter: Antal Dorati
Landlady: Dame Wendy Hiller
Dracula: Robert Eddison
Landlord: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Passenger: Maggie Chegwyn
Driver: Keith Chegwyn
First Vampire Lady: Wendy Craig
Second Vampire Lady: Geraldine Newman
Third Vampire Lady: Jill Nott-Bower
Mother: Jenny Tipper
Mina Harker (nee Murray): Angela Scoular
Lucy Westenra: Marion Bailey
Dr John Seward: Jeremy Clyde
Quincey P Morris: Bruce Alexander
Arthur Holmwood, Lord Godalming: Miles Anderson
Swales: David Garth
Coastguard: Ian Gilchrist
Skipper: Timothy West
Mate: Peter Orr
R M Renfield: Miles Anderson
Asylum Keeper: Robert Spencer
Mrs Westenra: Jennie Lyndon
Samuel F Billington: Gerald Moore
Paterson: Tony Stoller
Sister Agatha: Margaret Rawlings
Asylum Watchman: Peter Shirley-Quirke
Ethel: Jennifer Partridge
Dr Abraham Van Helsing: David Garth
Pall Mall Gazette Reporter: Peter Orr
Thomas Bilder: Paul Scofield
First Maid: Caroline Godfrey
Second Maid: Kay Orr
Dr Patrick Hennessey: Robert Hardy
Smollett: Clive Francis
Snelling: Chris Hazell
Mary: Terri Jex
Dr Vincent: Bruce Alexander
Porter: Craig Douglas
First Carrier: Graham Ledger
Second Carrier: Tony Stoller
Asylum Attendant: Peter Orr
Sam Bloxam: Jeremy Clyde
Mitchell: Nigel Hawthorne
Simmons: Chris Mason
Locksmith: Craig Douglas
Captain Donelson: John Foster
Emmanuel Hildesheim: Robert Hardy
Galatz Man: Antal Dorati
Galatz Woman: Gillian Wilkes
Gipsy: Graham Ledger

[Magersfontein]

Thanks to Bob Esdaile you can access the recording here: https://we.tl/4giAatqFWx

Enjoy!

Roger

[Bill Hollweg]

ROCK ON- THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hi Roger:

 

Thanks for the identification and details of this amazing production.  The cast list is outstanding. 

 

I was able to find a review by Gramophone (Journal), April 1984, pg.87.

 

In another joint venture between Argo and Radio 210, Peter Orr has adapted and directed Bram Stoker's Dracula, written in 1897. A huge cast of well-known actors, musicians and others play up well—Antal Dorati, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Wendy Hiller, Timothy West, Paul Scofield, Robert Hardy, Wendy Craig, the tireless Peter Orr himself, and others Too Numerous To Mention—and all the artists' royalties are donated to The Musicians' Benevolent Fund. The chief players, such as Nigel Cooke as Jonathan Harker the London solicitor, David Garth as Doctor van Helsing and Robert Eddison as Dracula himself, push the Gothick narrative along with a swing to the accompaniment of some very horrible cries and other sounds as the world is cleansed of the Undead: a nasty tale, full of gore. I suppose if you can't see it, it's all good clean fun. Full marks, anyway, for enthusiasm and effort.

 

 

Cheers, katy