Two Plays for Voices [Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Neil Gaiman (Author), Bebe Neuwirth (Narrator), Brian Dennehy (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 17, 2002

"The joy for me is knowing that somebody can have this strange audio experience. They're getting something as good as you get from radio." - Neil Gaimen

Produced by the Sci-Fi Channel and Seeing Ear Theatre - these two plays are adapted for voice by Neil Gaiman from two of his short stories (both stories can be found in Smoke & Mirrors).

SNOW GLASS APPLES: Once upon a time there lived a young princess with skin as white as snow, with hair as black as coal, with lips redder than blood. Most people think they know what happens to this young unfortunate girl. Most people are wrong. Tony-award winning actress Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago, Sweet Charity, and TV's Cheers) stars as a wise Queen who wants nothing more than to reign over her kingdom peacefully but is forced to match wits with an inhuman child who has an unnatural taste for blood.

Full Cast List:
Bebe Neuwirth as the Queen ; Martin Carey as the Huntsman; Mark Evans as the Prince; Merwin Goldsmith as the Lord of the Fair; J.R. Horne as the Archbishop & Friar; Alissa Hunnicutt as the Maidservant; Randy Maggiore as a Soldier; Kate Simses as the Princess; Nick Wyman as the King

MURDER MYSTERIES: In this mystery noir set in heaven's City of Angels before the fall, the first crime has been committed. It is an awful one. While the angelic hosts labor to create the world and its workings, one of their number is mysteriously slain by one of their own. Raguel, Angel of Vengeance, is mandated by Lucifer to discover both motive and murderer in this holy dominion that had so recently known no sin.

Full Cast List:
Brian Dennehy as Raguel ; Anne Bobby as Tink's Friend ; Christopher Burns as Saraquael ; Thom Christopher as Lucifer ; Ed Dennehy as Zephkiel ; Michael Emerson as Narrator ; Traci Godfrey as Tinkerbell Richmond ; Evan Pappas as Phanuel

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About the Author

Neil Gaiman’s bestselling novels include Neverwhere, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, and Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett). He is the creator of the Sandman series of graphic novels and author of the short-fiction collections Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things. The winner of numerous literary honors, Gaiman is originally from England but now lives in America.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Caedmon; Unabridged edition (September 17, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060012560
• ISBN-13: 978-0060012564
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,015,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I make things up and write them down. Which takes us from comics (like SANDMAN) to novels (like ANANSI BOYS and AMERICAN GODS) to short stories (some are collected in SMOKE AND MIRRORS) and to occasionally movies (like Dave McKean's MIRRORMASK or the NEVERWHERE TV series, or my own short film A SHORT FILM ABOUT JOHN BOLTON).

In my spare time I read and sleep and eat and try to keep the blog at www.neilgaiman.com more or less up to date.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seeing Ear Theatre, February 3, 2003

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Jenny L. Latham (Brighton, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Plays for Voices (Audio CD)

Two Plays For Voices is part of the Seeing Ear Theatre Productions from the Sci-Fi Channel. More television stations should follow their lead. These two stories told in the form of radio plays are terrific! I am a big fan of Neil Gaiman and this format brings two incredible stories to life.

Murder Mysteries is expertly presented and the twist at the end is a surprise to say the least.

Snow Glass Apples is a shivery fairy tale which cuts to the core of good vs. evil and that some things aren't always what they seem.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great audio plays, October 18, 2002

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"honeydick" (Toronto Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Two Plays for Voices (Audio CD)

These two audio plays by Neil Gaiman were quite entertainning and full of intrigue. I did not know exactly what to expect when I purchased this set but I am glad I did. Both plays had excellent acting and sound design. Both stories caught my attention and i spent the better part of the evening glued to my headphones. I hope there will be future productions such as this. This book contains 2 CDs. Each story features a full cast dramatization. "Snow White Apples" leans to the horror/ dark fantasy genre; while "Murder Mysteries" is a supernaturel who done it of sorts. There is however a clever twist ending in the second play sort of a mystery within a mystery. I really enjoyed them both.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gaiman got game, November 7, 2002

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H. J. Spivack (Yardley, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Plays for Voices (Audio Cassette)

I'm a fan...Neil's worst works still qualify as excellent in my mind, and these are some of his best. I read these stories when they were published 10 years ago in a small distribution book called Angels and Visitations. Then I saw them reprinted again in another book some years later.

The two plays in this package provided my wife and I the best entertainment we were going to get while being stuck in 8 hours of traffic. Finally I got my wife to pay attention to Neil's stuff (she refused to read Sandman)and she dug it.

If you like books on tape, this is better. If you like reading Neil's work, you'll like it even better this way.

Neil, if you're reading this...can we have some more of these?