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- Marjorie Van Halteren
- Username: mvanhalteren
- Location: Lille, France
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- "Vampire Dreams"
- Summary: What if you think you're a vampire and are required to tell all your secrets to a psychiatrist?
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Review of Vampire Dreams
Marjorie Van Halteren
Posted on October 11, 2005 at 06:34 AM
He insists he's a vampire and she insists she's a therapist – there are also a couple of other characters and some atmospheric sound as punctuation. I think the story is quite fun to listen to. Radio plays consisting of close dialog in a room can hold the attention pretty well if the writing is intriguing – and this writing is good and often rather literary – adapted by the author from her own book. Eavesdropping on these sessions as well as the therapist’s problems outside them is entertaining late night fare – especially on Halloween, which is coming right up! (Attention: language advisory called for, I think) However, I feel duty bound to reflect on the performances (apparently it’s my thing): the two leads have VERY attractive voices. The woman is particularly sexy. They needed to work against the cosmetic qualities of their voices and “lift it off the page” with more energy and intensity. I find myself wondering why she’s so flirty in the first session. He’s controlled and – well – alittle announcer-ish. This is a play of 80 minutes – at the end it gets pretty hot – they needed to find more range at the beginning to be able to make it for the long haul. I believed the ending – which may make up for a lot – but there were too other parts I didn’t.