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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling audiobook review – an all-star outing
Cush Jumbo, Hugh Laurie and Matthew Macfadyen bring extra twinkle to Rowlingâs magical tale
It has become tradition for Audible to bring out the big guns in the run-up to Christmas and deliver star-studded adaptations of well-known novels; the last few years have brought terrific productions of Dickensâs Oliver Twist, Bleak House and David Copperfield.
Now attention has turned to younger listeners with a new, full-cast recording of JK Rowlingâs Harry Potter and the Philosopherâs Stone, the first of the Potter books in which the orphaned Harry, consigned to sleep in a cupboard in his aunt and uncleâs house, learns he is a wizard and is to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Good Wifeâs Cush Jumbo is our narrator, steering the story alongside a cast including Hugh Laurie as venerable wizard-in-chief Albus Dumbledore; Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall; Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape; Mark Addy as Hagrid; Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort; and newcomers Frankie Treadaway, Max Lester and Arabella Stanton as young wizards Harry, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
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‘Harry Potter’ Audible Books Cast Guide: All the Hollywood Stars Voicing Hogwarts Characters
“Harry Potter” is coming to life in two major ways: HBO’s upcoming TV series and Audible’s narrated audiobooks of all seven of J.K. Rowling’s novels.
The HBO series is still more than a year away, but Audible’s version of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” will be released on Nov. 4. Each subsequent book will be released a month apart, culminating with “Deathly Hallows” on May 12.
While HBO’s and Audible’s casts are both star-studded (and share one key actor), Audible could focus on the voice of each performer rather than find someone who looked like Rowling’s characters from the books. Audible also split up some of the Hogwarts students to give them a young voice for “Sorcerer’s Stone,” “Chamber of Secrets” and “Prisoner of Azkaban,” then replace them with an older actor for “Goblet of Fire,” “Order of the Phoenix,” “Half Blood Prince” and “Deathly Hallows.”
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