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Post by omega on May 3, 2017 10:09:29 GMT
Dark Shadows - Audiobooks 26. The Fall of the House of Trask Released June 2012Synopsis1941: The Reverend Gregory Trask has come back from Hell to be reunited with his daughter, Charity. But why has he returned? Is he really free of the influence of The Dark Lord? The ghost of Pansy Faye doesn’t think so and is keeping a close eye on him. Torn between the spirit who haunts her and a father returned from beyond the grave, whose side will Charity take? And just why is Gregory so interested in the unborn child of Sister Audrey Pearce? Written By: Joseph Lidster Directed By: Darren Gross CASTNancy Barrett (Charity Trask/Pansy Faye), Jerry Lacy (Gregory Trask), Marie Wallace (Audrey Pearce), Nigel Fairs (The Dark Lord/Henry Turner) with James Goss, David Johnson, Adenya Knight, Michael Salami and James Unsworth Technical DetailsWritten By: Joseph Lidster Director: Darren Gross Sound Design: Nigel Fairs Music: Nigel Fairs Cover Art: Lee Binding Number of Discs: 1 Duration: 60' approx Physical Retail ISBN: 978-1-84435-639-3 Production Code: BFPDSCDAD26 Recorded Dates: TBC Product Format: 1-disc CD (jewel case) Behind the ScenesCHRONOLOGICAL PLACEMENT:This story takes place after audio adventures The Carrion Queen and The Poisoned Soul. Part 4 of 'The Trask Family' Story Arc
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2017 10:17:21 GMT
Of all Dark Shadows characters, I think grizzly old hypocrite Trask is the one who has thrived most on audio. A fascinating character, and a brilliant performance from Jerry Lacy which never misses a beat. This audio further blurrs the lines between full cast and enhanced reading. I'm starting to miss these single disc releases, actually. This I remember as being one of the best, and I should give it a re-listen very soon.
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Post by omega on May 3, 2017 10:22:14 GMT
This is definitely season finale time. This story draws threads from audios as far back as number 7, The Wicked and the Dead, as well as other stories like London's Burning and The Lost Girl along with The Carrion Queen and the Poisoned Soul, which led Rev. Gregory Trask and Charity Trask respectively to this story. The trope of The Bad Guy Wins definitely applies here, as the Dark Lord's plans with Trask, Angelique, Josette and many more finally come to fruition while Trask finally gets what was coming to him (regardless of his face-heel turn at realising the Dark Lord's plan and methods) and Charity becomes yet another woman to throw herself off Widow's Hill. My favorite scene has to be Charity talking to her students about Pansy's death. It shows how close they became, and a very good point was made about living life while you can. In TV show continuity, Trask's final fate sets him back on course, or should I say corpse, to have David and Amy find his skeleton in Quentin's room while exploring in 1968/9. Also, Audrey is implied to be the mother of Megan Todd from the Leviathan story arc. It's funny how she avoided being the anti-Christ only to end up raising him instead! The cover is fantastic, and I like the touch where Trask's hands are within barbed wire. The silhouette of what I presume to be Worthington Hall on the left and the soldiers on the right creates a nice juxtaposition of the 1890's where Trask came from and the 1940's where he finds himself. And of course, Molly Longworth's son Cyrus won't have an easy time of it, when he faces The Enemy Within... |
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Post by omega on May 3, 2017 10:46:01 GMT
Of all Dark Shadows characters, I think grizzly old hypocrite Trask is the one who has thrived most on audio. A fascinating character, and a brilliant performance from Jerry Lacy which never misses a beat. This audio further blurrs the lines between full cast and enhanced reading. I'm starting to miss these single disc releases, actually. This I remember as being one of the best, and I should give it a re-listen very soon. The Wicked and the Dead is a strong story not only for establishing Trask's background (where he's naturally such a horrible person and a poor judge of character you'll look forward to when he's bricked up) but also the curse of the Trask family. Each one has their fatal flaw, their deadly sin that does them in on top of their ridiculous piusness. Gregory's happens to be greed, just as his father's was lust and the first Rev Trask's was clearly pride. The short stories do a great job of expanding on this, and the Dark Lord's role in it. The Trask introduced in the full casts is easily the best one, but the qualities that make for that have their downsides though. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 18:47:16 GMT
I enjoyed this one and i think it continues from what i have heard already,and gives insight Into one i have not yet heard-London’s Burning
I did enjoy the fairy tale beginning narration is it the end of Trask?
You know what Collinsport needs-a set of Rosary beads and some Holy Water and some Crucifixes infact all visitors should be issued with them as soon as they enter the town.
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Post by Zagreus on Aug 22, 2018 14:23:49 GMT
It's hardly the Fall! The Trask family continues well into modern times. I think they're last collectively seen (heard?) chronologically in Vengeance at Collinwood, but that is, unfortunately, currently lost to the ages and unavailable for public consumption. As far as things that are... I believe Bloodline is the last we see of the Trask family line at present.
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Post by silverednickle on Aug 28, 2018 14:33:11 GMT
I think Bloodlust, though as far as we know, that's not officially established as a biological lineage. In my head cannon, I'm more than happy to add a few forgotten sons or even a bastard or two to "intricately gnarled family tree" (to steal from Quentin). As always, I'd be happy if Big Finish brought another Trask or even Reverend Cunningham (or a long forgotten merger of both families, dare I say) back with new audios.
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