So I've brought it up before, but I like trying to figure out who would play who in hypothetical dramatizations of these. Looking at
just the Lara Parker novels...
You've got the main 1970s cast:
Barnabas - would need someone new to play the "original" Barnabas, in theory, unless we just want to have Andrew Collins start doing that as well. I actually kind of want to suggest Bernard Holley.
David - Alec Newman with his voice pitched up a bit?
Toni - Lara Parker, obviously
Jacky - Perhaps Kathleen Cody? Or even Stephanie Ellyne?
Roger - so many recasts.... this one's the hardest. I'm not sure who I'd go with, as BF don't already have someone ready-made (that they're allowed to use, anyway)
Liz - You know what, I'd actually suggest Marie Wallace, depending on how the upcoming audio reading of A Face from the Past goes.
Carolyn - Not a recast! Nancy Barrett can reprise the role.
Quentin - ditto for Selby
Julia - I've heard suggestions elsewhere to the tune of Jacqueline Pearce, actually.
Willie - John Karlen
plus some townsfolk, police, schoolkids, etc.
Now, for additional voices for each book...
for Angelique's Descent...
Young Ange - whoever's playing Jacky/Miranda
Young Barnabas - Alec Newman, maybe? Or just have Holy pitch his voice up. He's shown he can do it in BF's Who audios.
Young Jeremiah - He's only in like one scene so just have whoever's playing him later pitch their voice up.
Ange's Mother - Barbara Steele. She played a Martinique witch in The Night Whispers, let her play one again!
Ange's Father - I would have gone with David Ford for Mr Bouchard, but it's hard to say who I'd go with now. Perhaps Jerry Lacey?
The Plantation slaves - new actors.
And the 1795 cast can correspond to who they would with the current audio actors, subs where necessary. Like, for Andre DuPres, Matthew Waterhouse, perhaps?
for The Salem Branch...
Miranda - same actress as Jacky.
Benajah Collins - same actor you've chosen for Classic Barnabas (still voting for Holley).
Benajah's wife - KLS
Deodat Larson - just go with Karlen
Judah - get Michael McGuire back, if that's possible?
Andrew Merriweather - One of the many young men actors BF have lying about
Amadeus Collins - get Roy Thinnes in.
Jason Shaw - Christopher Pennock.
Miranda's native father - uh... I have no idea for this one. Might just cut these few scenes out, as they're flashbacks anyway.
for Wolf Moon Rising...
Young Liz - Going to suggest Alexandra Donnachie, actually.
Jamison Collins - Jamison Selby, obviously
Magda - Jacqueline Pearce again, or whoever it is you get for Julia.
Delaware Tate - Roger Davis, if he's amenable.
Brother Blair - uh... hmm... Matthew Waterhouse? Not sure for this one.
Any other suggestions from the forum at large? Any characters I've forgotten about?