Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Dunwich Horror
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Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Dunwich Horror is a 2008 radio drama
performed by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society
, and based on the short story
"The Dunwich Horror
" by H. P. Lovecraft
. It is 75 minutes long.
, the HPLHS intended to adapt one of Lovecraft's stories as if it were a radio drama
produced by the fictional Dark Adventure Radio Theatre
troupe from the time the story was written (in the case of "The Dunwich Horror", 1928).
The CD version includes a number of supplemental materials, including:
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
performed by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society
H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society
The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society or HPLHS is the organization that hosts Cthulhu Lives!, a group of live-action roleplayers for the Cthulhu Live version of Call of Cthulhu. Founded in Colorado in 1984, it is now based in Glendale, California...
, and based on the short story
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
"The Dunwich Horror
The Dunwich Horror
"The Dunwich Horror" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales . It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts...
" by H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
. It is 75 minutes long.
Production
Like their earlier production, Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of MadnessDark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness
Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness is a 2006 radio drama performed by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, and based on the novella At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft...
, the HPLHS intended to adapt one of Lovecraft's stories as if it were a radio drama
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
produced by the fictional Dark Adventure Radio Theatre
Dark Adventure Radio Theatre
Dark Adventure Radio Theatre is a series of radio dramas produced by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society. They are produced in the style of the 1930s, with "Dark Adventure Radio Theatre" being a Mercury Theatre-type production hosted by Chester Langfield and sponsored by Fleur-de-Lis Cigarettes...
troupe from the time the story was written (in the case of "The Dunwich Horror", 1928).
The CD version includes a number of supplemental materials, including:
- A map of 1868 DunwichDunwich (Lovecraft)Dunwich is a fictional town that appeared in the H. P. Lovecraft short story "The Dunwich Horror" . Dunwich is found in the fictional Miskatonic River Valley of Massachusetts, part of the imaginary region sometimes called Lovecraft Country...
from the archives of Miskatonic UniversityMiskatonic UniversityMiskatonic University is a fictional university located in Arkham; a fictitious town which is said to exist in Essex County, Massachusetts. It is named after the Miskatonic River . After first appearing in the H. P...
. - A page of the John DeeJohn DeeJohn Dee was a Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I.John Dee may also refer to:* John Dee , Basketball coach...
translation of the NecronomiconNecronomiconThe Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound", written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in...
. - A page out of Wilbur Whateley's diary.
- A page of the Arkham Advertiser newspaper covering a visit to Dunwich and a meeting with the Whateley family.
Cast
- Leslie Baldwin - Marion Armitage, Mamie Bishop, Operator
- Gary Ballard - Old Whateley, Dr. Hartwell
- Aidan Branney - Chauncey Sawyer
- Sean Branney - Narrator
- Kacey Camp - Sally Sawyer, Luther Brown, Selina Frye
- Mark Colson - George Corey, Wilbur Whateley
- David Q. Combs - Zebulon Whateley, Professor Morgan
- Seth Compton - Sam Hutchins, Terrified Freshman
- Steve Coombs - Fred Farr, Junior Librarian
- McKerrin Kelly - Lavinia Whateley
- Casey Kramer - Mrs. Corey
- Andrew Leman - Earl Sawyer, Professor Rice, Elmer Frye
- Barry Lynch - Henry Armitage
- John A. McKenna - Night Watchman
- David Pavao - Silas Bishop, Henry Wheeler
- Josh Thoemke - Announcer, Curtis Whateley
- Darrell Tutchton - Yog Whateley
- Noah Wagner - Chester Langfield, Dr. Houghton
Crew
- Adapted by Sean Branney with Andrew Lemen
- Music and whippoorwill noises by Troy Sterling Nies
- Cover and diary art by Darrell Tutchton
- Supplemental props by Andrew Leman with Sean Branney
- Special thanks to Chris Horvath and Nicholas Pavkovic