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After their production of ''A Christmas Carol'' was a success, they sent a CD of their Christmas Carol radio drama to Douglas Gresham, who granted Focus on the Family permission to co-produce the Chronicles of Narnia. In collaboration with the C. S. Lewis estate, they created audio dramas of all seven of the books in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''. |
After their production of ''A Christmas Carol'' was a success, they sent a CD of their Christmas Carol radio drama to Douglas Gresham, who granted Focus on the Family permission to co-produce the Chronicles of Narnia. In collaboration with the C. S. Lewis estate, they created audio dramas of all seven of the books in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''. |
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| + | ==List of the Chronicles of Narnia audio dramas== |
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| + | Focus on the Family and the Soundhouse LTD produced audio dramas of all 7 books in the Chronicles of Narnia, these include: |
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| − | 1. [[The Magician's Nephew (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] |
+ | 1. [[The Magician's Nephew (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] (1999) |
| − | 2. [[The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] |
+ | 2. [[The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] (1998) |
| − | 3. [[The Horse and His Boy (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] |
+ | 3. [[The Horse and His Boy (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] (2000) |
| − | 4. [[Prince Caspian (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] |
+ | 4. [[Prince Caspian (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] (2000) |
| − | 5. [[The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] |
+ | 5. [[The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] (2001) |
| − | 6. [[The Silver Chair (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] |
+ | 6. [[The Silver Chair (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] (2002) |
| − | 7. [[The Last Battle (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] |
+ | 7. [[The Last Battle (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)]] (2002) |
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==Voice cast== |
==Voice cast== |
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+ | A cast of 86 voice actors and actresses brought the series to life, with many of them performing multiple character roles. Compiled from each of the seven books, here are the cast members and their known voice roles. |
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| + | ===Debuting in the Magician's Nephew=== |
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| − | * [[Douglas Gresham]] - Host of Radio Theatre (also |
+ | * <font color="green">Douglas</font> [[Douglas Gresham|Gresham]] - Host of Radio Theatre (also a casting director and creative consultant) |
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| − | * Jody Peach - [[Aravis Tarkheena]] |
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| − | * Jade Williams - [[Jill Pole]] |
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| + | * Robert Benfield - man in crowd (MN), Adult [[Edmund Pevensie|Edmund]] (LWW and HHB), [[Maugrim]] (LWW), Squirrel (LWW), [[Reepicheep]] (PC, VDT and LB), Squirrel (SC), lead mole (LB), Calormen soldier (LB), additional voices (LB) |
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* Evangeline Evans - [[Letitia Ketterley]] (Digory's aunt) (MN) |
* Evangeline Evans - [[Letitia Ketterley]] (Digory's aunt) (MN) |
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* Jane Gambier - [[Mabel Kirke]] (Digory's mother) (MN), maid (MN) |
* Jane Gambier - [[Mabel Kirke]] (Digory's mother) (MN), maid (MN) |
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* Timothy Bateson - [[Mr. Beaver]] |
* Timothy Bateson - [[Mr. Beaver]] |
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* David Simeon - [[Father Christmas]] |
* David Simeon - [[Father Christmas]] |
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+ | * Katherine Suchet - [[Susan Pevensie]], Squirrel (LB) |
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| + | ===Debuting in the Horse and his Boy=== |
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* Russell Boulter - [[Rabadash]] (HHB) |
* Russell Boulter - [[Rabadash]] (HHB) |
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| + | *[[David Grant]] - Soldier (HHB), Telmarine soldier (PC), additional voices (LB) |
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| + | * <font color="green">Martin Jarvis</font> - [[King Lune]] (HHB) |
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* Paul Jones - [[Tarkaan]] (HHB) |
* Paul Jones - [[Tarkaan]] (HHB) |
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* Peter Jones - [[Hermit of the Southern March]] (HHB) |
* Peter Jones - [[Hermit of the Southern March]] (HHB) |
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+ | * Robin Meredith - [[Rogin|Tisroc]] (HHB), Boar (LB) |
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+ | * Jody Peach - [[Aravis Tarkheena]] |
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* Richard Brightiff - [[Bacchus]] (PC) |
* Richard Brightiff - [[Bacchus]] (PC) |
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| − | * Tenniel Evans - Doctor [[Cornelius]] (PC) |
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* Frank Lazarus - Lord [[Glozelle]] (PC) |
* Frank Lazarus - Lord [[Glozelle]] (PC) |
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* Theo Maggs - Clive (PC), additional voices (SC) |
* Theo Maggs - Clive (PC), additional voices (SC) |
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* Tom Maggs - David (PC) (These two characters seem to be named as a reference to [[C. S. Lewis]] and David Gresham.) |
* Tom Maggs - David (PC) (These two characters seem to be named as a reference to [[C. S. Lewis]] and David Gresham.) |
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+ | * Betty Marsden - hag (PC), nurse (PC) |
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* Christopher Snell - Lord [[Sopespian]] (PC) |
* Christopher Snell - Lord [[Sopespian]] (PC) |
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* Norman Bowler - [[Coriakin]] (VDT) |
* Norman Bowler - [[Coriakin]] (VDT) |
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+ | * <font color="green">Bernard Cribbins</font> - [[Chief Duffer]] (VDT) |
| − | * Chris Emmett - Duffer (VDT) |
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* Martin Friend - [[Ramandu]] (VDT) |
* Martin Friend - [[Ramandu]] (VDT) |
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| + | * <font color="green">Freddie Jones</font> - [[Governor Gumpas]] (VDT) |
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| + | *Andrew Harrison - additional voices (SC) |
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| + | * Gary Martin - [[Mullugutherum]] (SC), talking horse (LB) (uncredited) |
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| + | * Joanna Myers - [[Lady of the Green Kirtle]] (SC) |
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* Derek Nimmo - [[Glimfeather]] (SC) |
* Derek Nimmo - [[Glimfeather]] (SC) |
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| − | * Stash Krikbride - [[Rishda Tarkaan]] (LB) |
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| − | * Katherine Suchet - [[Susan Pevensie]], Squirrel (LB) |
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| + | * Milton Jones - [[Diggle]] |
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| + | *Eve Karpf - Additional voices (LB) |
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| − | * Robert Benfield - [[Reepicheep]], Adult Edmund, [[Maugrim]], Squirrel (LWW), Squirrel (SC), lead mole (LB) |
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* Philip Sully - [[Jewel]], [[Tash]] |
* Philip Sully - [[Jewel]], [[Tash]] |
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==Additional non-voice credits== |
==Additional non-voice credits== |
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* Mark Drury - Voice Recording Engineer |
* Mark Drury - Voice Recording Engineer |
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* Dave Arnold - Voice Recording Engineer |
* Dave Arnold - Voice Recording Engineer |
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| − | * Voice Tracks recorded at The Soundhouse, Ltd., London |
+ | * Voice Tracks recorded at The Soundhouse, Ltd., London (April 1998-February 2000) |
Latest revision as of 05:56, 16 January 2023
Focus on the Family Radio Theatre was a series of radio dramas created by American evangelical Christian organization Focus on the Family. The series ran from 1996 to 2013. The first radio production in the series was a 1996 adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.
After their production of A Christmas Carol was a success, they sent a CD of their Christmas Carol radio drama to Douglas Gresham, who granted Focus on the Family permission to co-produce the Chronicles of Narnia. In collaboration with the C. S. Lewis estate, they created audio dramas of all seven of the books in The Chronicles of Narnia.
List of the Chronicles of Narnia audio dramas
Focus on the Family and the Soundhouse LTD produced audio dramas of all 7 books in the Chronicles of Narnia, these include:
1. The Magician's Nephew (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre) (1999)
2. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre) (1998)
3. The Horse and His Boy (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre) (2000)
4. Prince Caspian (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre) (2000)
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre) (2001)
6. The Silver Chair (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre) (2002)
7. The Last Battle (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre) (2002)
They also have adaptations of stories such as Ben-Hur (2000), Les Misérables (2001), Anne of Green Gables (2004), The Secret Garden, the Screwtape Letters (2009) and Oliver Twist (2012)
Voice cast
A cast of 86 voice actors and actresses brought the series to life, with many of them performing multiple character roles. Compiled from each of the seven books, here are the cast members and their known voice roles.
Green text indicates actors who were featured with photographs in the box set.
Debuting in the Magician's Nephew
- Douglas Gresham - Host of Radio Theatre (also a casting director and creative consultant)
- Paul Scofield - The Storyteller
- Robert Benfield - man in crowd (MN), Adult Edmund (LWW and HHB), Maugrim (LWW), Squirrel (LWW), Reepicheep (PC, VDT and LB), Squirrel (SC), lead mole (LB), Calormen soldier (LB), additional voices (LB)
- Nick Burnell - Constable (MN), Mole (MN), Bree (HHB), Sallowpad (HHB), Badger (SC), Mole (LB), Calormen soldier (LB)
- Elizabeth Counsell - Jadis/The White Witch, Lamb (LB)
- Evangeline Evans - Letitia Ketterley (Digory's aunt) (MN)
- Jessica Fox - Polly Plummer (young) (MN), additional voices (SC)
- Jane Gambier - Mabel Kirke (Digory's mother) (MN), maid (MN)
- Katy Glassborow - rabbit (MN), adult Lucy, fourth hag (LWW), Child (PC), additional voices (VDT), Rabbit (SC)
- Peter Goodwright - Frank/Cabbie, Fox (LWW), Rumblebuffin (credited as "Giant") (LWW), King Miraz (PC & VDT), Lord Revilian (VDT), Old man Caspian (SC), Giant King (SC), gnome (SC), additional voices (SC)
- Nathaniel Lippiett - Digory Kirke (young) (MN), Prince Corin (HHB), additional voices (SC)
- Polly March - Helen, Jackdaw (MN), woman in crowd (MN), Mrs. Beaver, third hag (LWW), Giant Queen (SC), second squirrel (LB)
- David Oakley - rotund man (MN), Bricklethumb (HHB), Silenus (PC), Lord Argoz (VDT), Bear (SC), Bear (LB), dog (LB)
- Philip Sherlock - 2nd man in crowd (MN), Mr. Tumnus, Lord Bar (HHB), Thornbut (HHB), Courtier (HHB), Black Dwarf (PC), Bear (PC), Rynelf (VDT), Dilber (VDT), Second owl (SC)
- Mervyn Stutter - Strawberry/Fledge (MN), Pug (VDT), additional voices (SC)
- David Suchet - Aslan
- Richard Syms - Uncle Andrew
Debuting in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Timothy Bateson - Mr. Beaver
- Sally Ann Burnett - Adult Susan, Woman in crowd (HHB)
- Elizabeth Eaton - Lucy Pevensie
- Freddie Findlay - Peter Pevensie
- Dilys Hamlett - Mrs. Macready, first hag (LWW), teacher (PC)
- Peter Moreton - Adult Peter, Wolf (LWW), Darrin (HHB), Knight (HHB), Glenstorm (PC)
- Audrey Palmer - second hag (LWW), Dryad (SC)
- David Simeon - Father Christmas
- Katherine Suchet - Susan Pevensie, Squirrel (LB)
- Frank Topping - White Witch's dwarf (Ginarrbrik) (LWW, credited as just "Dwarf"), Nikabrik (PC)
- Matthew White - Edmund Pevensie
- John Woodnut - Digory Kirke (professor) (LWW, LB)
Debuting in the Horse and his Boy
- John Bluthal - Arsheesh (HHB), Werewolf (PC)
- Russell Boulter - Rabadash (HHB)
- Justin Butcher - Peridan (HHB), street crier (HHB)
- Wendy Craig - Hwin
- David Grant - Soldier (HHB), Telmarine soldier (PC), additional voices (LB)
- Michael Haughey - Anradin (HHB), Duffle (HHB), soldier (HHB), Lord Bern (VDT), Lord Mavramorn (VDT), Hedgehog (SC), King Erlian (SC)
- Martin Jarvis - King Lune (HHB)
- Paul Jones - Tarkaan (HHB)
- Peter Jones - Hermit of the Southern March (HHB)
- Katherine Kellgren - Lasaraleen Tarkheena (HHB), Lilliandil (VDT), Additional voices (SC), Dryad (LB), mouse (LB)
- Robin Meredith - Tisroc (HHB), Boar (LB)
- Jody Peach - Aravis Tarkheena
- Jonny Scott - Shasta/Cor
Debuting in Prince Caspian
- Richard Brightiff - Bacchus (PC)
- Chris Emmett - Trumpkin (PC and SC, middle-aged and old), Duffer (VDT)*
- Tenniel Evans - Doctor Cornelius (PC), Farsight (LB)
- Frank Lazarus - Lord Glozelle (PC)
- Theo Maggs - Clive (PC), additional voices (SC)
- Tom Maggs - David (PC) (These two characters seem to be named as a reference to C. S. Lewis and David Gresham.)
- Betty Marsden - hag (PC), nurse (PC)
- Robert Meadwell - Trufflehunter (PC), water rat (LB)
- Christopher Snell - Lord Sopespian (PC)
- Richard Suchet - Prince Caspian (teenager) (PC)
Debuting in Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- Stephen Aintree - Lord Drinian (VDT), guard (VDT), Old Drinian (SC)
- Norman Bowler - Coriakin (VDT)
- Bernard Cribbins - Chief Duffer (VDT)
- Martin Friend - Ramandu (VDT)
- Freddie Jones - Governor Gumpas (VDT)
- Daniel Philpott - additional voices (VDT), Faun (SC), additional voices (SC) elder Digory (LB), dog (LB), Additional voices (LB)
- Lynn Robertson Hay - additional voices (VDT), Giant Nanny (SC), Dryad (SC)
- Joe Shaw - Prince Caspian (young adult) (VDT, SC and LB)
- Simon Treves - Lord Rhoop (VDT), Golg (SC)
- Zoe Verner - Marjorie Preston (VDT), additional voices (SC)
- Steven Webb - Eustace Scrubb
Debuting in the Silver Chair
- Jamie Glover - Prince Rilian
- Andrew Harrison - additional voices (SC)
- Heather Heyer - additional voices (SC), Mouse (credited as Lily Milton)
- Gary Martin - Mullugutherum (SC), talking horse (LB) (uncredited)
- Ron Moody - Puddleglum
- Joanna Myers - Lady of the Green Kirtle (SC)
- Derek Nimmo - Glimfeather (SC)
- Jade Williams - Jill Pole (SC, LB)
Debuting in the Last Battle
- Howard Attfield - Poggin
- Gwynn Beech - Tirian
- Charlie Burnell - Emeth
- Paul Ewing - Ginger
- Paul Grunert - Griffle
- Milton Jones - Diggle
- Eve Karpf - Additional voices (LB)
- Stash Kirkbride - Rishda Tarkaan
- Sallyanne Law - older Polly
- Joan Moon - first squirrel
- Andrew Sachs - Puzzle
- Gyuri Sarossy - older Edmund
- Victor Spinetti - Shift
- Philip Sully - Jewel, Tash
- Paul Webster - Roonwit
Additional non-voice credits
- Philip Glassborow - Casting Director
Producers
- Dave Arnold - Producer
- Kurt Bruner - Executive Producer
- Al Janssen - Executive Producer
Sound
Recorded at Citrus Studios, Glendora, California
Mixed at A to Z Studios, LaVerne, California
- Dave Arnold - Sound Design
- John Campbell - Music Composer
- Jim Scheffler - Orchestra Recording and Mixing
Voice Recording
- Mark Drury - Voice Recording Engineer
- Dave Arnold - Voice Recording Engineer
- Voice Tracks recorded at The Soundhouse, Ltd., London (April 1998-February 2000)