Ray Bradbury Leviathan 99
Leviathin '99 First broadcast: Fri 3rd May 1968, 20:20 on BBC Radio 3 A radio drama by Ray Bradbury, adapted and produced by H.B. Fortuin Technical direction by Harry Catlin Electronic music and sounds by Tristam Cary, Christopher Lee and Robert Eddison Waiter Fitzgerald and who tells the poetic prophetic story of the rocket ship and her crew commanded by a blinded captain, crazed like Herman Melville's Captain Ahab, hurtling through space to intercept the terrible white Moby Dick-like comet Leviathan. On the rocket base Ishmaci:……Denys Hawthorne As Ishmael The Warning Man:…..Walter Fitzgerald Fr Ellery Colworth:…..Denis McCarthy Quell:……Robert Eddison Redleigh first mate:…..Alexander John Radio man:…..Anthony Jackson Shore:…..Nigel Clayton Rogers:…..Christopher Bidmead Smith:…..Ian Thompson Radarman:….Leroy Lingwood Metal worker:…..Haydn Jones Captain of the Cetus 7:……Christopher Lee Ughtfall's captain:….Frank Henderson Rachel's Captain:……Ralph Truman
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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Reviews
Moby Dick in Space
Denise Barney
Ray Bradbury wrote the screenplay for “Moby Dick” directed by John Huston. “Leviathan99” is a comet and the captain of the Cetus VII is obsessed with it. If you know the original story, you’ll be able to follow this adaptation. My biggest complaint is that the music overwhelms the dialogue. This could be due to listening to this “radio play” on headphones instead of on a radio in a room.
hurleyinnh
Hey Ray wrote it what can I say. This was state of the art back in the day ; )