The Heart of Midlothian (2007) [RadioRip (mp3)]

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The Heart of Midlothian is the seventh of Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley Novels, and by many considered the finest. It was originally published in four volumes on 25 July 1818, under the title of Tales of My Landlord, 2nd series, and the author was given as "Jedediah Cleishbotham, Schoolmaster and Parish-clerk of Gandercleugh". Although the identity of the author of the Waverley Novels was well-known by this time, Scott still chose to write under a pseudonym. The book was released only seven months after the highly successful Rob Roy. Scott was at the time recovering from illness, and wrote at an even more furious pace than usual. When the book was released, it more than matched the popularity of his last novel.



The title of the book refers to the Old Tolbooth Prison in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the time in the heart of the Scottish county of Midlothian. The historical backdrop was the event known as the Porteous Riots. In 1736, a riot broke out in Edinburgh over the execution of two smugglers. The Captain of the City Guards, Captain John Porteous, ordered the soldiers to fire into the crowd, killing several people. Porteous was later killed by a lynch mob who stormed the Old Tolbooth.



The second, and main element of the novel was based on a story Scott claimed to have received in an unsigned letter. It was about a certain Helen Walker who had travelled all the way to London by foot, in order to receive a royal pardon for her sister, who was unjustly charged with infanticide. Scott put Jeanie Deans in the place of Walker, a young woman from a family of highly devout Presbyterians. Jeanie walks to London hoping to achieve an audience with the Queen through the influence of the Duke of Argyll.



The Heart of Midlothian has been adapted for the screen once, in 1914, and for television once, in 1966. It has also been adapted into an opera with the title Jeanie Deans by the Scottish classical composer, Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916).



Two episodes of one hour each in high quality MP3.



Episode 1:

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When a smuggler is executed, a mob storms the Tolbooth Prison where young Effie Deans awaits trial for murder.



Episode 2:

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While her sister awaits execution in the Tolbooth prison, Jeanie decides to walk to London to plead for her life.



With:

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Jeanie Deans....Gerda Stevenson

Effie Deans....Irene Allan

Meg Murdockson....Ann Louise Ross

Madge Wildfire....Pauline Knowles

Queen Caroline....Joanna Tope

Duke of Argyll....Ralph Riach

George Staunton....Simon Donaldson

Frank/Reuben Butler....Robin Laing

Dumbiedikes....John Buick

Tom....Joseph Arkley

Mrs Glass....Rose Mcbain



Dramatised by Gerda Stevenson



Directed by Bruce Young



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Bitrate : 128

Mode : joint stereo

Frequency : 48000 Hz

Encoder : Lame 3.96

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