31.4 Games of Chance: "The Suicide Club"
Fireside Mystery Theatre
Fireside Mystery Theatre
4.5 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2017
⏱️ 43 minutes
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"Games of Chance" was recorded live at The Slipper Room in NYC 10/29/17.
Featured in the cast:
David Linton as Professor Florizel
Ali Silva as Geraldine
James Kleinmann as The Young Man with the Cannolis
James Rieser as The President
Mary Murphy as Sister Mary
Gustavo Rodriguez as A Club Member
Michael Pate as Malthus
Kacie Laforest as Jones
Musical performance: “From a Jack to a King” by Ned Miller, performed by Martina DaSilva and accompanied by Arcoiris Sandoval
Poem: "Take a Chance," written and performed by David Linton
Original story by Robert Louis Stevenson adapted for radioplay by Brian Wallace
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange
Podcast production by Ali Silva & Daniel Graves
Post-production audio by Ali Silva
Musical score improvised by ArcoIris Sandoval
Theme music by Jason Graves
Sound Effects Designer and Engineer: Greg Russ
Technical Director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Production coordinator: Dalia Morali
Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez, Ali Silva, Daniel Graves & Rebecca Graves for Fireside Mystery Productions
Copyright 2017 Fireside Mystery Productions
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| 0:00.0 | Every so often, we like to pluck ourselves a fruit from the great tree of literature, |
| 0:11.1 | and our adaptation of the following classic tale by Robert Lewis Stevenson happened to be just ripe for the picking. |
| 0:18.4 | The Suicide Club was taped live on Sunday, October 29th, 2017. |
| 0:22.9 | It's the final part of our show, Games of Chance. |
| 0:29.1 | Considered now to be among the great works of Russian literature, |
| 0:33.9 | Dostoevsky's classic novella, the gambler, published in 1867, |
| 0:38.7 | was quickly dashed off by the author. |
| 0:41.7 | Dostoevsky, you see, was under a very strict deadline |
| 0:45.7 | in order to pay off some massive gambling debts of his own. |
| 0:50.5 | The great man of letters had a very unhealthy addiction to roulette. |
| 0:56.2 | Thankfully, it was not Russian roulette who was addicted to. |
| 1:00.0 | But speaking of Russian roulette, I bring you now to our next story, the suicide club. |
| 1:07.7 | In this terrifying tale by the famed Scottish author Robert Lewis Stevenson, this type of roulette is |
| 1:14.5 | played with a deck of cards. Tonight we offer this unique and appropriately tense adaptation |
| 1:21.9 | by Mr. Brian Wallace. I give you the Suicide Club. |
| 1:26.4 | Music Wallace. I give you the suicide club. |
| 1:46.9 | Oysters aren't bad for this time of year, are they, Geraldine? It's not the time of year that gives me pause, professor. More the origin. West Coast oysters aren't to everyone's taste. |
| 1:52.8 | West Coast, I don't mind. Oasters from Arizona make me nervous, especially if they're served up on a plate |
| 2:00.0 | in New Jersey. Well, you'll get a stronger stomach. |
| 2:04.3 | I once had sushi in Oklahoma, ate my fill without noticing. It's all part of the game and gamble of |
| 2:10.9 | adventure. The university thinks we're out here doing research. Are you going to tell them we're not? |
| 2:16.9 | I'm no fool. Far from it, but you'd be a liar |
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