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Richard reads the opening of The Four Deadly Seasons by David Hewson.

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[louk419]

Disappointing news for all who love Richard's narration of David Hewson's Venetian Mysteries series. He will NOT be voicing Arnold Clover, the series' protagonist, in the next book, The Devil in Dorsoduro (audiobook to be released next month).

In an article introducing the new narrator, Hewson had kind words for Rich, who brought Arnold to life in the first three books in the series. Hewson added that Rich had to step away from the role due to his acting, writing and public appearance commitments.

Here's what we know thus far about Rich's 2026 schedule: He began work on his new ITV series, Winter, in February. No word if filming is complete, but he also has a half dozen stops on a book tour in support of The Cut paperback later in May, including appearances at the Int'l Literature Festival in Dublin and the Hay Festival. Next, he'll be returning to The London Palladium stage to play King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar Jul 27-Aug 1. August is also when the audiobook for Rich's third novel will be released. Finally, we're waiting on exact dates for the new Yaël Farber play Rich is due to star in, tentatively scheduled for Sept-Dec.

April 14 -- Just announced, Richard also to appear at Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate UK on July 25.

[badbitchesreadbooks]

Some sci-fi books I got from my grandfather :)

[astrovian]

so I ordered both a physical copy & the RA audiobook of The Garden of Angels by David Hewson. my physical copy arrived today?

David Hewson's website and all other sites (e.g. Amazon) say that the physical book is supposed to come out at the same time as the audiobook on the 29th of January 2021... have I somehow ended up with an illegal early copy nearly an entire month before it's supposed to come out??

[lavender-lizzy]

Just to calm myself down yesterday night I was listening to "Romeo & Juliet: a novel" by David Hewson. Mainly because it is read by Richard Armitage, who I love both as an actor and as a narrator. I know the author went to Verona to do his research, and that the audiobook won an award. It's lovely to have Richard saying Italian names and words. Sometimes he puts the stress on the wrong syllable though, or pronounces our soft g (pronounced like an English j) as a French j. I forgive him, though. He had a lot of Italian terms to read!

The author took the play and made it a novel by adding to it and expanding it. There are added scenes, descriptions, he often goes on tangents about different towns in Veneto and Italy, authors and books etc.

I am a bit ‘concerned’ by the fact that Juliet is described to have blonde hair just because she got it from her German grandmother. While Lady Capulet is 'darker and plainer', Juliet is the only beauty the Capulets have. Obviously A. Italians can't be blonde so he had to make up a German grandma in order for Juliet to inherit the blonde hair (I am being ironic!) B. We get to the old: beauty = blonde hair.

For some reason, when Tybalt is introduced, we are told that Capulets are usually fair (but weren't Juliet's hair and beauty an exception? Am I so lost in Richard's voice that I am getting confused?) but Tybalt stands out, because he has dark hair and eyes and he is ugly and has a pox ridden face . See point B again. Then, though, we get to know that Romeo is dark haired and good looking, and so is Rosaline.

The Montagues are originally from Lombardy here and Romeo is going to study Law in Bologna (what's wrong with Padua? Don't mind me, it's just because I studied there...) 

Tybalt is wearing red first, and then black at the ball. (I skipped ahead a bit to see when the ball was coming, but if I want to listen to the whole thing I'll have to go back.) He is awful, unlikable, likes killing people, sort of works for his uncle who is a merchant, has been rejected by universities, has 'little interest' in women, but Capulet saw him looking at Juliet more than once. Why do you make the poor boy actual love of my life so unpleasant, though? There's so much room for development when it comes to Tybalt, and I like him even in Shakespeare where he doesn't really have many lines. He could be so interesting if he weren't a straight up ugly villain! Maybe he'll be developed more as the novel goes on.

Paris is from Florence and has a ginger beard. Everyone is like, from somewhere else. The nurse is from Peschiera del Garda and is a fisherman's widow. Mercutio is from Venice. When Mercutio first appears on the scene he is peeing behind a column outside the church. He is eight years older than Romeo and Benvolio.

Juliet is like: I can't marry Paris. He has a BEARD. I mean, he is ten years older than me and has a BEARD.

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“Pacha Mama Healing the Earth” by David Hewson

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The winning duo

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“And he starts to speak and I just sat there gobsmacked because it was as if there was an entire repertory theatre company suddenly emerged on the other side of the glass.”  

David Hewson (author) speaking of Richard’s narration of Romeo and Juliet: A Novel for Audible.

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