RIP John Mortimer

[stamplaw]

Thanks for everything John. I guess this group is finally dead.

[Kate Killebrew]

On Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 10:31:53 PM UTC-7, stamplaw wrote:
> Thanks for everything John. I guess this group is finally dead.

No, it isn't.

I have discovered a treasure trove of Rupole narrations and dramatizations on AUdible and AUdiobooks. Leo McKern himself read a bunch of the Rumpole stories. The back story is that the creator of Rumpole, John Mortimer, himself a barrister, created Rumole to be enacted by Leo McKern himself. Rumpole was created for Leo McKern. But I have discovered two other excellent narrators, Bill Wallis and Robert Hardy. Patrick Till does a good job in his version of "Rumpole's Return". I did find the dramatizations of Teenaged Werewolf to be dead on arrival, over-edited, and poorly directed. However, there are probably other far better renditions of the same stories. All of these are available at these two websites for very reasonable charges. And if you feel gypped on AUdible, they will refund you credits towards your next Rumpole! How's that for a good deal?

[Kate Killebrew]

On Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 10:31:53 PM UTC-7, stamplaw wrote:

> Thanks for everything John. I guess this group is finally dead.

There are a treasure trove of Rumpole narrations and dramatizations on Audible and Audiobooks.com. I am listening to them all and in general, I find the narrations the most satisfying. The narrators are closely following the books. The dramatizations are much thinner by comparison, without the full range of characters, for example.

Besides the incomparable Leo McKern, the best narrators are Bill Wallis and Robert Hardy. Patrick Tull (Till?) is also very good.