{"id":378,"date":"2005-12-11T18:36:56","date_gmt":"2005-12-11T23:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog-test\/?p=378"},"modified":"2024-07-20T20:35:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T00:35:58","slug":"peters_03_play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog\/2005\/12\/peters_03_play\/","title":{"rendered":"Peters, Ellis: (03) Monk’s Hood<\/cite> (radio play)"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I’ve been getting tired of reading Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael novels, when some adaptations showed up on BBC7, I figured I’d give them a try. It’s the repetitiveness of the plots that’s been annoying me, not the characters, and an audio format usually gives me a clearer idea of the characters. (It’s true that it also gives me the time to think about the clues that are given or omitted. However, I have no objections to this adaptation on those grounds.)<\/p>\n

I recorded three of them, but listened to Monk’s Hood<\/cite><\/strong> first, as it came earliest in the chronology. This starred Philip Madoc as Cadfael, who has a nice deep strong voice; the recurring secondary characters of Brother Mark and Hugh Beringar were also voiced well and suitably. My only complaint is that the dialogue was occasionally a touch too fast; there were times when I thought a slight pause between speakers would have suited the content, but the responses came disconcertingly fast. Otherwise, this was an enjoyable listen, and I’ll keep the others for commutes when I can’t deal with anything more demanding.<\/p>\n

(Weird note of the day: Something about the Welsh accents in this production (maybe the rhythm?) reminds me of—of all things—Indian accents.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I’ve been getting tired of reading Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael novels, when some adaptations showed up on BBC7, I figured I’d give them a try. It’s the repetitiveness of the plots that’s been annoying me, not the characters, and an audio format usually gives me a clearer idea of the characters. (It’s true that … <\/p>\n

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