He became a writer almost by accident because he got a cold when he was supposed to have an audition for Covent Garden.The show details the journey of Charlotte, who was born into one of the royal families of Germany and eventually became the Queen of Great Britain at the age of 17 after marrying King Charles III who was 22 at that time. There’s a lot to Dickens that continues to fascinate Timson today. Nobody says, perhaps you’d like to try it this way, or could you do it that way? Or don’t do that accent, which of course, most actors would like.” On Charles DickensĪfter Sherlock Holmes, you should listen to Timson’s recordings of books by Charles Dickens, an author he absolutely loved since childhood. The task is more challenging when you need to direct yourself and consider your options. “I understand acting from my perspective, but every actor has a different perspective on what acting is, and what they want to achieve, how they want to sound, what they’re aiming for.”ĭirectors have an important job in bringing actors’ different approaches together into a coherent piece. You’re in total control, both of the technical side, but also the direction and performance.”ĭirecting gave Timson valuable information about how actors work. Certainly in Britain, it’s expected that actors have some sort of setup at their home.
“Most audiobooks now are recorded at home. In addition to directing others, including Kenneth Branagh in King Richard III, Timson directs himself when he records.
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I don’t think many people do abridged ones anymore because people want the full thing.” David Timson: Director I think that’s rather gone out of fashion now. “I did the abridgments on all my recordings for Naxos.
Timson appreciates his opportunities to record not only unabridged audiobooks, but also the abridged releases. They’ll have nothing visual to help them.” After all, that’s what the listener is going to have, just the sound. It’s very important I get in my head how they would have sounded. “I actually have to hear the characters before I can see them. Timson reads his scripts and practices the voices so he can create a world for audiobook listeners. “You get both sides: the emotional impact of the story and the intellectual, reasonable, rational side of the story. That was helpful in how he captured the contrast between Watson’s and Holmes’ personalities from Conan Doyle’s writing. Good actors prepare well in advance of recording sessions, Timson explained next. He thinks his best friend is dead and then suddenly turns up out of the blue, which is a bit of a mean trick to play!”Ĭourtesy of Naxos AudioBooks On Preparing Behind the Scenes That one is called The Empty House. I always feel sorry for poor old Watson though. “Holmes disappears in the clutches of Moriarty over the Reichenbach Falls. He enjoyed many of Conan Doyle’s stories, readily pointing out a favorite from the later years. While Timson had read the stories in school, he wasn’t a great fan until these recording sessions. Gradually, I began to appreciate him more.” I did a lot of research into the background and the writing, and into Conan Doyle’s life. “I lived with Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle for 10 years. They went so well, it was decided we’d do the whole lot,” Timson recalled.ĭuring this successful undertaking, the British actor kept busy. “I did a selection of about half a dozen from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the first collected volume of the short stories. Interestingly enough, Timson and Naxos initially didn’t plan on recording the entire Sherlock Holmes collection. We spoke on Zoom recently to discuss more about Sherlock Holmes, preparing to record audiobooks, and also his love of Charles Dickens.Ĭourtesy of Naxos AudioBooks On Sherlock Holmes Timson’s prolific career also includes doing more than 1,000 broadcasts with BBC Radio Drama, directing four Shakespeare plays with Naxos, and recording numerous audiobooks. Timson spent 10 years recording all four novels and 56 short stories for Naxos Audiobooks, taking listeners through Holmes and Watson’s intriguing journey of solving cases, interrupting crimes in progress, and building their friendship from the 1880s to pre-World War I days.
You might try listening to the complete and unabridged stories from Naxos AudioBooks, recorded by actor David Timson ( Poirot, The Russia House). Watson, it’s the perfect time to immerse yourself in the classic stories. Before you embark on creating and publishing your own stories about the detective and his friend, Dr. On January 1, a number of copyrighted books in the United States moved to public domain, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes.
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