Dark Adventure Radio Theatre® - The Iron Maiden

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre® - The Iron Maiden

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" Some things are meant to stay buried... "


NOTE: - downloads of the audio are now available to all customers. CDs are in production and should start shipping around April 5th. 

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre® presents an adaptation of Prosper Mérimée's classic weird tale "The Venus of Ille" as a Nate Ward adventure! The story bounds to life with a cast of professional actors, thrilling sound effects and an original orchestral score by Reber Clark. Click here for more information about our Lovecraft stories in the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre® series. They're like movies you can enjoy with your eyes closed.

Archeologist Nathaniel Ward returns to the Isle of Wight and recalls a strange incident from his younger days. While viewing Roman ruins on a local estate he's invited to stay for a wedding. Ward uncovers an unusual Roman artifact. Will the discovery prove auspicious for the young couple, or will it unleash a strange and terrible wrath? 

The CD edition will feature the 75-minute audio show plus a collection of props to enhance your listening experience. Like other DART shows, it features great props from the story including:*

  • A page from The Isle of Wight Observer with society news
  • A postcard from Nate Ward
  • A page from The Graphic with a map and illustration of certain Roman ruins
  • A magazine article about real tennis by an Olympic medalist
  • BONUS ITEM - pre-order customers will get a page of curious Vectian folklore...
    All of these great extras will be complemented by the fantastic artwork of illustrator Darrell Tutchton in the style you've come to know and love from other episodes of Dark Adventure Radio Theatre®. Everything else you ever wanted to know about Dark Adventure Radio Theatre® is right here.

    As with all DART titles, the CD version of The Iron Maiden includes a free digital download of the show - no CD player required.

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    Alastair
    Crushes It!

    “The Venus of Ille” seems a curious tale to rework into a DART production, as while mentioned twice in-passing in Lovecraft’s “Supernatural Horror in Literature” discussion, it’s not especially highlighted there with other notes. Perhaps it was a little too earthy for Lovecraft’s taste. It certainly comes across that way in this adaptation, true to the original, albeit not in an overtly offensive manner. As usual, the DART team brings the whole to life (appropriately!) in excellent style, perhaps with nods to Tim Burton’s animated movie “The Corpse Bride” in a few elements (including the characterisation of the bridegroom’s mother), if elements hard to disentangle from the various earlier tropes involved, including the central statue-comes-to-life motif from long before Prosper Mérimée’s story was penned. The accompanying props add to the experience nicely. Semi-pictorial postcard maps like that of Wight can be bought still at seaside towns across the UK, and the illustrations of Brading Villa’s Roman mosaics, including fish-tailed humans, opens-up archaeological vistas stretching back to early second millennium BCE Babylonia, should the HPLHS feel inclined to dig deeper. It’s not just the tennis that’s real here! While not strongly Lovecraftian, this remains a real treat for fans of 1930s-style radio shows in the DART mould.

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    David Padgett
    The Iron Maiden

    I really enjoyed this. It was different and unfamiliar. It kept me guessing as to how it would end and I loved the acting. Another quality DART production!!

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    Jeremy L.
    A fun adventure!

    This one was based off of the Venus of Ille and it doesn't disappoint. The few differences in the story add to it and makes it better. Love the props which drag you into the story even more.

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    E Knapp

    another great addition to the DART library!

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    Karsten Kann
    Fantastic new Addition to an already great Library

    Great story told exceedingly well
    To my shame, I must admit I have never heard of this story.
    Now I have.
    All the usual things can be said.
    Great performances, great production, wonderful background material.
    I you haven't done so already buy it.
    Now I must find the original and read that.

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