The most important effect of any audio play is to inspire its audience to create visual images of the story being heard. This makes this particular media an excellent fit for the Oscar Wilde 1887 short story, “The Canterville Ghost.” American businessman Hiram Otis (Amir Abdullah) has just purchased Canterville Chase, an English country manor house, as a new home for his family. Lord Canterville (Gareth Thomas) is selling his ancestral lodgings because his wife can no longer tolerate the haunting by the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville (John Hunter). Visitations have plagued the Canterville family for more than 300 years. Sir Simon murdered his wife in 1575, only to vanish himself nine years later. Also disappearing was the collection of jewels belonging to Sir Simon’s wife. Lord Canterville feels honor-bound to warn Hiram about the ghost before selling his property. Hiram pooh-poohs the entire matter, and the Otis …
Audio Play Review: A Story of Unlikely Redemption, ‘The Canterville Ghost’
April 3, 2021
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