What voice do you attach to the main characters..

[Juken]

When you're reading using your 'head voice' what voice do you give the leading people?

Personally, i give Rincewind, Eric Idle. Just like the game, and i played the game before i read the books so i had the pleasure of having that wonderful voice throughout Rincewinds arc.

I attatch Maggie smiths professor mcgonagall to Esmerelda Weatherwax for some reason, even though i know she's from discworlds "west country" equivalent i read her with Maggies smiths voice.

you?

 

[The Mad Collector]

As a fan of Stephen Briggs audiobooks I now tend to hear the characters as he plays them.

 

[Tonyblack]

Welcome to the site, Juken!

After the first time I met Terry, I used to read the books with Terry's voice in my head. Sort of like he was reading them to me.

 

[Juken]

thank you sir,


and yes after hearing terry speak i too hear his voice during the story telling and narration. What a wonderful voice the man has. I shall have to try and hear a snippet of how mr biggs reads the stories ive heard only good things.

 

[SpideyGirl]

Welcome Juken!

 

[Temple_maiden]

DEATH is always Christopher Lee. Magrat is Jane Horrocks.

Nobody else really has a particular voice for me.

 

[BatrickPatrick]

I don't really attach voices to characters...But I made Boyfriend read some of Night Watch once and he gave Vimes a Christian Bale Batman growl that worked well

 

[Anonymous]

Can't find a comparsion for the voices I give'm, but I'm rather worried bout the fact I hear HEX and Ridcully with an accent when reading (swiss for HEX and cologne-dialect for Ridcully)

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I'm another Briggs fan brilliant at doing the Feegles, but I also like Nigel Planer and when he does the Neil voice great.

And welcome to tne forum Juken.

 

[fids]

They got Vetinari spot on with Charles Dance on telly IMO, its how I always imagined him, even though I did go through Mr Burns phase for a short while

Liz Smith was Granny Ogg, no question

Odd but for Carrot I hear Steven Marchant.

 

[The Mad Collector]

I'm another Briggs fan brilliant at doing the Feegles, but I also like Nigel Planer and when he does the Neil voice great.

And welcome to tne forum Juken.

Very true, just the right amount of whiney adolescence in that performance and welcome from me as well Juken

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

He would have made a great Rincewind Mad, the height, the build, just the right age, and the acting ability, the part was made for him IMO.

 

[Penfold]

Hellooo and welcome Juken!

I always hear Brian Blessed's voice for Ridcully and Christopher Lee for Death.

 

[poohcarrot]

Hi Juken

I just hear the voices in my head. Wibble.

 

[Quatermass]

Hellooo and welcome Juken!

I always hear Brian Blessed's voice for Ridcully and Christopher Lee for Death.

Agreed. And Jeremy Irons is Vetinari for me, although I hear his voice as Scar from The Lion King rather than his performance in The Colour of Magic.

Rincewind? Well, I hear Idle's voice, but I don't see the game Rincewind.

Hmmm...For Granny Weatherwax, the nearest analogy to the voice I hear would be Tress MacNeille if she did a West County accent. And acted subtly, which she can do.

Oh, wait! I actually think that Jean Marsh is Granny Weatherwax, actually. Found the voice I hear her speaking in.

 

[Dotsie]

They all sound like me

 

[raisindot]

As another Briggs fan, I find it hard to imagine most voices being done better than his vocalizations, save for the witches, whom Nigel Planer does better.


Although I could imagine Michael Gambon doing Ridcully's voice, Judi Dench doing Granny and Stephen Fry doing Vetinari.

 

[Perestroika]

yeah, I tend to hear them as Briggs reads them, though I prefered Nigel Planer's version of the wizards.

 

[DaveC]

Welcome to the site, Juken!

After the first time I met Terry, I used to read the books with Terry's voice in my head. Sort of like he was reading them to me.

That's what I tend to do more, when I begin to notice my own voice in my head. It's only really with Feegles that I do voices.

Oh, and Fids, I love your Stephen Merchant idea for Carrot, not physically, but in voice if's perfect!

Welcome Juken!

 

[Dotsie]

I was pleased to hear at the production of Wyrd Sisters I was at last weekend that the witches all had Lancashire accents. The rest of the cast were a bit hit and miss with the voices, but they were still very good