A Special Holiday Collection

Name: A Special Holiday Collection
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre
ISBN: 9781504676748

Author: Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre

Narrator: a full cast

Unabridged: 3 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Design Sound Productions

Published: 11/03/2015

Categories: Fiction, Seasonal Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

This is the perfect stocking stuffer for the audiobook lovers on your list. This special holiday collection features three entertaining and delightful stories for the entire family to enjoy.The Spirit of Christmas Day (The First Noelle Productions) by George Zarr is an uplifting and humorous story filled with an inspirational message of hope. John, a stressed-out working father, embarks on a journey of reconnection with the true meaning of today’s Christmas. This is a new holiday tradition featuring a full cast of characters, music, and sound effects. Also includes The Week After It’s Christmas Day.A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens tells the classic tale of a miserly man who comes to realize the true spirit of Christmas. This recording features virtuoso performances from the entire cast, riveting sound effects, and original music.Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll comes to life again in this dramatized version of the timeless classic, with stellar performances by Georgia Lee Schultz as Alice, and multi-award-winning Barbara Rosenblat as the Mouse, Duchess, Cheshire Cat, and the Queen. This version features a full cast of characters, music, and sound effects.Credits:The Spirit of Christmas Day / The Week After It’s Christmas DayFEATURING KEITH BURNETT AS THE DADCast: Denise Benoit, Sarah Buchanan, Keith Burnett, Bill Craven, Georgia Craven, Sam Craven, Will Craven, Celeste Dupuis, Noelle Dupuis, Emma McDonald, Georgia Lee Schultz, and Laura Van VeenWritten, directed, and music composed by George ZarrExecutive producer: Noelle DupuisRecording engineer: David FarquharA Christmas CarolFEATURING MICHAEL DICK AS EBENEZER SCROOGEMICHAEL DICK: Ebenezer Scrooge BOB TELFER: Narrator, Fezziwig and Businessman BILL TYE: Marley’s Ghost and Businessman NORM MCLEOD: First Spirit JAN HOLT: Second Spirit, Charwomen and Party Guest OLIVER GEORGIOU: Young Scrooge and Nephew Fred NOELLE DUPUIS: Mrs. Cratchit KEITH BURNETT: Bob Cratchit and Old Joe ALEX TOMASZEWSKI: Charity Seeker Poole and Peter Cratchit LAURA VAN VEEN: Martha, Belle and Third Spirit ALEXANDRAPOOLE: Kate PAT GOUGH: Mrs. Dilber HOPE O’BRIEN: Fan and Party Guest SHANESSA HARRIS: Peggy, Buck and Street Kid BURKE BECHARD: Belinda and Boy Caroler CELESTE DUPUIS: Tiny Tim DAVID FARQUHAR: Party Guest GEORGE ZARR: BusinessmanDirected by George Zarr and Noelle DupuisExecutive Producer/Recording Engineer/Post Production: David FarquharRecording/Mastering: Brett SansomAlice in WonderlandFEATURING GEORGIA LEE SCHULTZ AS ALICEANDBARBARA ROSENBLAT AS THE MOUSE, DUCHESS, CHESHIRE CAT, AND THE QUEENAlong withALEXANDRA POOLE: Sister, MICHAEL DICK: Rabbit and March Hare, BOB TELFER: Dodo, Pat, Fish and Mad Hatter, BRADY VAN VAERENBERGH: Parrot and Caterpillar, ALAINA WALKER: Duck and Two, BILL TYE: Bill, Mock Turtle and Five, KEITH BURNETT: Dormouse, NORM MCLEOD: Seven, DAVID FARQUHAR: Knave, GREG SHEEN: KingAdapted for Audio by Diane Vanden HovenCodirected by Pat Gough and Laura Van VeenExecutive producer: David FarquharRecording engineer/sound design/mixing: David Farquhar‘My Garden Back Home’ music and lyrics by George Zarr, performed by Georgia Lee Schultz, used by permission

About Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre

Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre is made up of an eclectic group of professional, semiprofessional, and amateur talent that combines their skills to produce original and creative audio dramas for radio broadcast, podcasting, release on CD, and downloading. Their audio dramas have been featured on numerous radio stations, podcasts, and other media outlets.

About George Zarr

George Zarr is an award-winning audio dramatist currently based in Chicago. He is the producer, writer, director, and composer of the Hans Christian Andersen musical The Bell, the four-part comedy Hurry! Hurry! It’s Almost Christmas, the mystery collection Dark of the Moon Inn, and the Western comedy musical serial Hoofbeats in My Heart, all four available from Blackstone Publishing.

About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) nació en Portsmouth y era el primogénito varón de un funcionario de la Armada Real. A los doce años, el encarcelamiento de su padre por deudas lo obligó a ponerse a trabajar en una fábrica de betún. Su educación fue irregular: aprendió por su cuenta taquigrafía, trabajó como ayudante en el bufete de un abogado y finalmente fue corresponsal parlamentario del Morning Chronicle.Sus artículos, luego recogidos en Escenas de la vida de Londres por «Boz» (1836-1837), tuvieron gran éxito y, con la aparición en 1837 de Los papeles póstumos del Club Pickwick, Dickens se convirtió en un auténtico fenómeno editorial. Novelas como Oliver Twist (1837-1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-1839) o Barnaby Rudge (1841) alcanzaron enorme popularidad, así como algunas crónicas de viajes, como Estampas de Italia (1846). Con Dombey e hijo (1846-1848) inició su época de madurez, de la que son buenos ejemplos David Copperfield (1849-1850), su primera novela en primera persona y su favorita, en la que desarrolló algunos episodios autobiográficos; La Casa lúgubre (1852-1853); La pequeñaDorrit (1855-1857), Historia de dos ciudades (1859), Grandes esperanzas (1860-1861) y Nuestro amigo común (1864-1865). Murió en Gad's Hill, su casa de campo en Higham, en el condado de Kent.

About Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898), English author, mathematician, and photographer. One of eleven children of a scholarly country parson, he studied mathematics at Oxford, obtained a university post, and then was ordained as a deacon but found true success with his masterpiece, Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, now known as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which originated as a story told to a young friend, Alice Liddell, during a boating trip on the Thames. Among his other works are Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, The Hunting of the Snark, and Jabberwocky.

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“The Queen, the Duchess, the Dormouse, and the Mad Hatter. Award-winning voice actor Barbara Rosenblat leads an able cast in giving proper nineteenth-century accents and voices to all our favorite iconic characters from one of the most beloved children’s classics in the English language. Energetic newcomer Georgia Lee Schultz provides Alice with an updated and nicely understandable American accent and is especially good with the many whispered asides that stitch this adapted version together. For many, Alice in Wonderland is a special cultural touchstone, even with all the commercials, videos, and pop songs that refer to it, so it is always refreshing to hear the language and intended story of the original.”

“A Christmas Carol has been adopted into radio drama by many people over the years, but few better than Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre from Canada.”

“The zaniness of Carroll’s kaleidoscopic story of Alice is realized through music tied to action (particularly shrinking and growing), the voice work of Barbara Rosenblat playing (among others) both the Cheshire Cat and the Queen of Hearts and enhancing background sounds, such as ocean waves and bird calls when Alice’s tears become a sea.”

“A unique adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s timeless classic.”

“Perfect from the first sentence to the very last.”

“Zarr and Dupuis’ production for the Canada-based Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre was notable for its lack of sentimentality: despite the happy ending, they emphasized the significance of Christmas as the time of year when individuals should take a long hard look at themselves and consider whether they need to reform. Would that everyone could follow Scrooge’s example.”

“I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you for the work that went into The Spirit of Christmas Day…I’m sure many other families with similar stories all over the (broadcast) area that LIFE covers were able to share this important message with their loved ones because of your efforts.”