The comments so far, are as I predicted. Some love this play others hate it. Only goes to show you can't please ALL of the people ALL of the time. Maybe the next one will be more your cup of tea...
And that’s exactly why you shouldn’t try to please everyone! We can all skip to the next story if we wish! I happened to love it and will be thinking of how the story ends through weeks of alternate endings! Delightful!
Everything is classic. The story, the actors, the music , and the identification of all these. What a great presentation! Thank you. Have to get back to more Hawthorne.
A fascinating story from a bygone era, brilliantly adapted for radio! 👏 Everyone needs a neighbour like Mrs Brand.. 🤭 She actually had me laughing out loud with her banter.. *I absolutely loved this play..* Thank you so much for uploading! It brought back to mind the 2016 film of the same name and Wakefield speaks the very same words at the end.. 😆
Quite excellent. Wonderfully read and narrated. God only knows if this is first person or third person past or present tense. It's truly wonderful. Many many thanks for posting.
Thanks for uploading this. It is a great play for radio. Well narrated and acted. I was surprised by the ending. Didn't see that coming. Sign of a good playwright. Thank you.
Yes.. "Wakefield" is a 2016 movie based on the short story of the same name written in 2008 by E.L. Doctorow which was published in _The New Yorker.._ and which was in turn inspired by this story.. the original 1835 tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne! 👍
Wish there was a heads up when downloads are littered with ads. Had settled down in bed but had to keep opening my eyes to press 'skip'. Really took the enjoyment out of listening.
What began as a very unpleasant character became a very sad one. I don't support DV but kind of wished Mrs W had been there to throw something or that the Dr had moved in. Oh well.
@dianapeek6936 Yes you're right, it it just seemed amusing to hear it. Can I just say something about your windmill pic? The other night, I dreamed almost exactly that scene. It was so real that I told friends and tried to look up dream meanings of windmills. Last night I tried to draw the image from my dream so imagine my surprise that today I get an almost exactly similar picture of windmills in a youtube reply from someone I don't know! Synchronicity!! Thanks 😊
I wanted the doctor to answer. "Sweetheart a tramp has just walked in." Or perhaps her to say. "Darling, a strange man has just walked into the house." Or she just tells him to get knotted. Perhaps it's just me, but I don't like to be left up in the air at the end of a story. Good story nevertheless. John Rothery 😎 (Tauranga)
Lol thanks for sharing… everyone has a choice to listen etc… I’m glad yer not letting negative comments get to you 😉🥳😎🏖. Off to see how it ends …. Life’s full of twists and turns…. Hang on tight and make the moments count…. 🎉. Have a great week all❤. From Devon UK 😊
This story had a cop out ending. To my knowledge it is the first story of Nathaniel Hawthorne's that I have ever read (so to speak) I am thoroughly underwhelmed...
You might want to actually read a few (print versions). He was considered to be one of the greatest writers to come out of the 19th century. Oh, but that was before "Google" . 😶
I loved the ending, now I can choose my own, a bit like the film Sliding Doors. Life is just the same, you use your imagination every day to a greater or lesser extent, don't you.? November 2024, Cyprus.
The comments so far, are as I predicted. Some love this play others hate it. Only goes to show you can't please ALL of the people ALL of the time. Maybe the next one will be more your cup of tea...
Thank you for uploading! Listening from Denbighshire!
When was this recorded please?
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I ❤the full cast productions. Ty from a longtime attendee of the theater of the mind! Listening near Nashville. Cheers yall! 😉😃
And that’s exactly why you shouldn’t try to please everyone! We can all skip to the next story if we wish! I happened to love it and will be thinking of how the story ends through weeks of alternate endings! Delightful!
A breath of fresh air - no characterless AI readers!
Excellent. Great story. Thank you for downloading ❤
Everything is classic. The story, the actors, the music , and the identification of all these. What a great presentation! Thank you. Have to get back to more Hawthorne.
A fascinating story from a bygone era, brilliantly adapted for radio! 👏
Everyone needs a neighbour like Mrs Brand.. 🤭 She actually had me laughing out loud with her banter..
*I absolutely loved this play..* Thank you so much for uploading!
It brought back to mind the 2016 film of the same name and Wakefield speaks the very same words at the end.. 😆
Very good, excellent narration,Wakefield a perfect example of the Height of Stupidity😮 l would have liked the story to continue though 🤔
Really like this narrator!
This was so good! What wonderful voices!
Quite excellent. Wonderfully read and narrated. God only knows if this is first person or third person past or present tense. It's truly wonderful. Many many thanks for posting.
It's the third person and it's written in the present tense. Isn't that clear?
I wonder how many people have actually done this and not through madness.
Great play !
Thank you 🙏
I think there may be a few for whatever reasons .. great story but a sadness to it
Thanks for uploading this. It is a great play for radio. Well narrated and acted. I was surprised by the ending. Didn't see that coming. Sign of a good playwright. Thank you.
I loved this story, Thank you ❤
This was brilliant thank you!
Fabulous! Thanķ you!
Enjoyed the listen. Thanks.
Excellent
what a nasty piece of work Wakefield is! thank you for making it available. great acting.
I really wanted to hear Mrs Wakefield tell him to get out, but of course she wouldn’t have been able to at that time.
Thank you.
Excellent!.
Great story, it’s a shame some people can’t use their imagination listening to this story. I loved it thank you ❤
Just seen the film version off this on prime, fantastic watch.
Great story, keep them coming, cheers!
I really enjoyed this audio play.
The saying “out of sight, out of mind” seems very applicable. An expat in Florida.
A movie was made remember watching it
Yes.. "Wakefield" is a 2016 movie based on the short story of the same name written in 2008 by E.L. Doctorow which was published in _The New Yorker.._ and which was in turn inspired by this story.. the original 1835 tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne! 👍
If this was written by a woman Mrs W would have yelled "yippee!" and gone out on the town.
How did the wife manage financially I wonder?
Brilliant human nature and how we are driven to extremes of behaviour ❤
No words, started as funny somehow took a turn to the absurd.
But, thanks for the upload.
Wish there was a heads up when downloads are littered with ads. Had settled down in bed but had to keep opening my eyes to press 'skip'. Really took the enjoyment out of listening.
Hawthorne maintains the macabre brilliantly
What money was Mrs Wakefield living on?
I wondered that too.
Their savings seems like the most likely answer. The Wakefield's don't strike me as people who might have been big spenders.
Did she work perhaps. Any savings would have long gone.
Or perhaps it was on a doctors income. 😂
John Rothery 😎 (Tauranga)
What began as a very unpleasant character became a very sad one. I don't support DV but kind of wished Mrs W had been there to throw something or that the Dr had moved in. Oh well.
Hilarious that Mrs.Wakefield calls her husband Wakefield😂
In those days, all was far more formal. She and her neighbour referred to each other as Mrs. Think of many of the characters in Dickens.
@dianapeek6936 Yes you're right, it it just seemed amusing to hear it. Can I just say something about your windmill pic? The other night, I dreamed almost exactly that scene. It was so real that I told friends and tried to look up dream meanings of windmills. Last night I tried to draw the image from my dream so imagine my surprise that today I get an almost exactly similar picture of windmills in a youtube reply from someone I don't know! Synchronicity!! Thanks 😊
Beautifully adapted and performed. A very insightful piece. Many thanks!
Overall I enjoyed the production but feel it was let down by weak ending.
Brilliant thank you you ❤
The unemphatic Mr Wakefield who never speaks his mind and counsels his neighbour to do the same. Englishmen take note!
The end infuriated me
A curious story
It just made me so angry! Vile man. And what a terrible ending
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I wanted the doctor to answer.
"Sweetheart a tramp has just walked in."
Or perhaps her to say.
"Darling, a strange man has just walked into the house."
Or she just tells him to get knotted.
Perhaps it's just me, but I don't like to be left up in the air at the end of a story.
Good story nevertheless.
John Rothery 😎 (Tauranga)
Lol thanks for sharing… everyone has a choice to listen etc… I’m glad yer not letting negative comments get to you 😉🥳😎🏖. Off to see how it ends …. Life’s full of twists and turns…. Hang on tight and make the moments count…. 🎉. Have a great week all❤. From Devon UK 😊
Well, that's stupid, now we'll never know what happened.
This story had a cop out ending. To my knowledge it is the first story of Nathaniel Hawthorne's that I have ever read (so to speak) I am thoroughly underwhelmed...
You might want to actually read a few (print versions). He was considered to be one of the greatest writers to come out of the 19th century. Oh, but that was before "Google" . 😶
I loved the ending, now I can choose my own, a bit like the film Sliding Doors. Life is just the same, you use your imagination every day to a greater or lesser extent, don't you.? November 2024, Cyprus.
I enjoyed this quirky story until the ending which was a big let down. It was like the last page of a book was missing.
I'm enjoying this but advertising every few minutes really spoils it
I have no advertising at all, strange that, don't know why though.
Shudder...
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The story was quite good, but the ending was ridiculous .
It could be a true story !
It was a cautionary tale as a warning to married people (mostly men) to show the outcome of acting out of vanity and boredom.
No it wasn't, it was the perfect ending, think hard about it.
Ending Disappointing
Wake-field, the walking dead? Is this every man's secret wish? How very tiresome of him..
Talk about an anti-climax! Can’t see the point.
Disturbing.
Ads urgh
UA-cam put them on because the music has copyrite - i can't take them off sorry
Rubbish