Tom Crean Sailor On Ice: Episode 1

Written by David Hirzel
Post-Produced/Sound Engineered by Michael Hudson
Directed by Alexa Chipman

Based upon real events, Tom Crean: Sailor on Ice is an original audio drama of Tom Crean’s Antarctic Adventures, based upon Maritime Author and Poet David Hirzel’s research. In this episode, Tom ships aboard Discovery, bound for the unknown lands of the South Pole.

Warning, rated PG-13 / 12A:
For mild language, mature references and frightening situations.

Featuring the voice talent of:
Tom Crean – David Maciver
Frazier – David Ault
Mary Crean – April Sadowski
Taff Evans – Ronnie Rowlands
Frank Wild – Stevie K. Farnaby
Captain Robert Scott – Clive Saunders
Ernest Shackleton – Brian Bedard
Misc Sailors – Nick Cook, Stevie K. Farnaby, Dave Frizzell, Bill Hollweg, Martin Lejeune, David Reid, Anthony Rooney, Scott M. Sandridge, Capt. John Tadrzak, Seán Paul Teeling

Music by:
April Sadowski and Kevin MacLeod

Creative Commons No Derivatives, Attribution, Non-Commercial 3.0 license.
All characters, concepts and situations copyright 2009 to David Hirzel.

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Saxonboc: Battle of Maldon

Translated from a 10th century Saxon manuscript, the Battle of Maldon took place in August of 991 near the River Blackwater. The Vikings are raiding the countryside when they come across the Earl Byrhtnoth and his army.

Click Here for Battle of Maldon Visual Guide
Photography by Michael Hudson

Featuring the voice talent of:
Bard – Ronnie Rowlands
Byrhtnoth – David Maciver
Offa – Gareth Bowley
Wulfstan – Alex Gilmour
Viking Messenger – Stevie K. Farnaby
Eadweard – Steven Jay Cohen
Aelfwine – Mark Kalita
Godric the Cowardly – David Ault
Godric the Courageous – Doug Barbieri
Leofson – Scott D. Harris
Dunhere – Bill Hollweg
Brythwold – Bruce Busby
Feasting Noble – Fiona Thraille
Oddason – Jeremy Corke
Viking1 – Scott M. Sandridge
Viking2 – Mark, the Encaffeinated ONE
Saxon – Abner Senires
Various Warriors – Jules Ismail, Michael Hudson, Capt. John Tadrzak

Music Credits: Kevin MacLeod
Sound Effects: Alexa Chipman, Stevie K. Farnaby and GRsites.Com

The Battle of Maldon was translated and adapted for audio by Alexa Chipman, based upon the Cotton Manuscript Otho A xii.3 with alterations from Bright Ettmuler, Grein, Kluge, Korner, Muller, Rieger, Sweet, Thorpe, Wulcker and Zernial as published in 1908 by D.C. & Heath Co, London.

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Night At The Ballet: Giselle

Adapted from the ballet by Alexa Chipman

A girl falls in love with a disguised prince who betrays her. Brokenhearted, she dies, only to be reborn as an undead Willy bent upon destroying all men. When the prince wanders into the haunted forest, will she choose to save or slaughter him?

Giselle premiered 28 of June, 1841 at The Paris Opera. Composed by Adolphe Adam, choreographed for Carlotta by Jules Perrot, traditional choreography by Jean Coralli. It was one of the first ballets performed fully on pointe in the romantic era. This particular version was based off of that staged by Peninsula Ballet Theatre in the 1980s.

Featuring the voice talent of:
Hilarian – Mark “the Encaffeinated ONE” Kilfoil
Wilfried – Michael Hudson
Prince Albrecht – Scott Wentworth
Giselle – Tanja Milojevic
Herald – Stevie K. Farnaby
Giselle’s Mother – Antonia Gottesman
Princess Bathilde – Christina J Boyd
Gravedigger1 – Scott M. Sandridge
Gravedigger2 – Capt. John Tadrzak
Willy – Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard
Queen Myrtha – Alexa Chipman
Peasants & Courtiers – Tanja Milojevic, Christina J. Boyd, Alexa Chipman, Ronnie Rowlands, Stevie K. Farnaby

Sound Effects by:
Alexa Chipman, Stevie K. Farnaby, Bill Hollweg and grsites.com

Creative Commons – No Derivatives – Non Commercial – Attribution – 3.0

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The Lone Ranger Ep 12: “A Doctor’s Story”

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As The Lone Ranger and Tonto are heading to a new town, to check on new Out Law posters, they come across a situation that will change not only a Doctor’s life, but a whole town.

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The Father Christmas Chronicles – Episode 3

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