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The Georgette Heyer BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Four Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Proud, Simon Shepherd, Simon Russell Beale, Anna Massey, Nathaniel Parker, James Fleet, Helen Baxendale, Full Cast, Elli Garnett, James Frain
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
BBC Radio adaptations of three of Georgette Heyer’s sparkling Regency romances and a classic comedy thriller.
The acknowledged ‘queen of Regency romance’, best-selling author Georgette Heyer, also penned a dozen delightful mystery novels. Included here are dramatisations of four of her finest stories from both genres, full of her characteristic wit, charm and period detail.
Regency Buck
Pretty but shrewd Judith Taverner gallops in from the provinces and daringly defies the gaming, drinking and brawling world of Regency London to claim her rights, her fortune - and who knows, perhaps her happiness? Starring Elizabeth Proud as Judith Taverner and Simon Shepherd as Peregrine Taverner.
Friday’s Child
‘I’m going back to London! And I’m going to marry the first woman I see!’ is the cry of young Lord Sheringham when his proposal of marriage is rejected by Isabella, the Incomparable. True to his word, he takes the even younger Hero Wantage as his bride.... Starring James Frain as Viscount Anthony Sheringham and Elli Garnett as Hero Wantage, with Simon Russell Beale as Jasper Tarleton.
Faro’s Daughter
Deborah Grantham’s position in a gaming house makes her utterly unsuitable as a wife for a nobleman, so Max Ravenscar determines to rescue his cousin from her clutches. But the bribe he offers does not go down well and a battle of wits commences.... Starring Sylvestre Le Touzel as Deborah Grantham and Nathaniel Parker as Max Ravenscar, with Anna Massey as Lady Bellingham.
Envious Casca
An English country Christmas in the 1930s, a Tudor manor house decked with holly, a family gathered for seasonal cheer - and a murder. Inspector Hemingway is on the case, but can he shake off amateur sleuths Toby and Jane French? Starring Peter Kelly as Inspector Hemingway, James Fleet as Toby and Helen Baxendale as Jane.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-08-22
A mixed bag
I think that Faro’s Daughter had the most consistent performances - Nathaniel Parker was great as Ravenscar and I only wish he could have performed Lord Worth’s part in Regency Buck. Regency Buck was probably the weakest with some questionable vocal choices, particularly Worth who was made to sound like a waspish old man rather than a rakish, debonair romantic hero in his 30s. Friday’s Child has such great material to work with that the rather flat performance of Hero could only slightly mar an otherwise great cast.
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- judith lugg
- 05-03-22
Enjoyable
This audio was well worth the listen. Regency Buck was the weakest in my view but the others were very well done, although heavily abridged. The star was Envious Casca though. Very, very enjoyable indeed and very well acted. I highly recommend this audio book.
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- stape
- 09-11-20
A mixed bag
The good - Fridays Child and Faros Daughter were both quite good if somewhat rushed.
The mediocre- Envious Casca this was ok but would prefer some of the Agatha Christie or D L Sayers adaptation for this genre
The bad - Regency Buck was appalling - the main characters were both made into obnoxious people whom nobody would care about. This is one of Heyers best novels which has been ruined in this adaptation
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- C. Kennedy
- 11-08-20
Abridged too far
I am not sure if you were not already intimately acquainted with the stories to which these performances relate, it would be sufficient to enable you to understand the story.
The great joys of Georgette Heyer is her plotting and her dialogue. Too much of the former has been lost leaving the latter sitting uncomfortably.
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- Slater M
- 09-04-21
Time remembered
Took me right back to teenage obsession with GH in the 1950s. As much fun as I remembered!
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- Trevelyan
- 01-01-21
Disappointing
Being a fan of Georgette Heyer over many years, I was looking forward to a BBC dramatization with great excitement. Unfortunately, the books had been so abridged that they were quite spoiled. Regency Buck was virtually unintelligible and for some reason Elizabeth Proud (a really wonderful actress usually) had been instructed to behave like a demented schoolgirl with a squeaky and very irritating voice! The other 2 novels were better but did not stop me being disappointed with what could have been a much better experience.
Could not the audio have been given a couple more hours and included much more of the stories?
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-02-23
Good acting
Subtlety lost in the drastic abridgements. The serial form worked better. The detective novels better fitted to the different format as driven by plot rather than being comedies of manners which rely on the writing for their success
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- cynthia j
- 03-08-20
Just one thing wrong
The first three plays are great, just wish they could have been longer. But Envious Casca has two extra totally unnecessary characters added for no good reason. In doing that the roles of the hero and heroine are reduced to nearly nothing so what was the point of that? Also it undersells Inspector Hemingway’s intelligence, making out he needed an old friend to solve it for him. All Heyer readers know how superfluous that is. It wasn’t too bad but I prefer sticking to the book. Still worth listening to and the first three are as good as they can be given the time restraints. Wish they’d do all the Heyers.
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- Penny Tweed
- 21-06-21
A most enjoyable tale
Very good ,takes you into another place entirely. Very cleverly done right to the end.
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- Linton Edwards
- 26-01-21
Good!
If you know Georgette Heyer, you'll enjoy these dramatisations. They lack detail of course but are lively and fun to listen to. If you don't know Georgette Heyer, do try them because they are a good way in; the social structure in Regency times is quite fascinating. You get a real flavour of the books here with strong performances all round. But each of her books is a delight and I wish I hadn't read them, imagine having all that pleasure to start!! She is brilliant.
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