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The Darkwater Bride

By: Marty Ross
Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Donal Finn, Jamie Glover, Freya Mavor, Adrian Scarborough

Publisher's summary

Late Victorian London. When the most respectable of Scottish businessmen is pulled, dead, from the Thames, his daughter is drawn into an investigation which reveals a whole world of secrets and corruption and leads all the way to the tragic truth behind the ghostly legend of The Darkwater Bride – in an epic drama combining the genres of the Victorian mystery thriller with the equally classic Victorian mode of the ghostly tale.

Featuring: Rachel Atkins, Amy Cooke-Hodgson, Clare Corbett, Stephen Critchlow, Donal Finn,Jamie Glover, Peter Gold, Joel Gorf, Chris Grahamson, Edward Harrison, David Holt, Frances Jeater, Yolanda Kettle, Fiz Marcus, Freya Mavor,Gerard McDermott, Nina Millns, James Parkes, Richard Reed, Adrian Scarborough, Lizzie Stables, Mark Straker, Ben Whitehead, Sarah Whitehouse and Sarah-Louise Young.

©2018 Audible, Ltd (P)2018 Audible, Ltd
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Our favorite moments from The Darkwater Bride

The river runs restless in the night…
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Everything costs something.
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Your father was put on this Earth to make others worried.
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These black marks around the lips, burns, scars...
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  • The river runs restless in the night…
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  • Everything costs something.
  • The Darkwater Bride
  • Your father was put on this Earth to make others worried.
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  • These black marks around the lips, burns, scars...
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About the Creator

Marty Ross, dubbed the Glaswegian master of radio horror by the BBC, is the author of a number of radio and audio dramas, including the popular BBC series Ghost Zone and Catch My Breath, as well as audio dramas based on Doctor Who and Dark Shadows for Big Finish and several plays for the Wireless Theatre Company. He has written a series of grand scale audio dramas for Audible, ranging from radically contemporary re-imaginings of Shakespeare (Romeo and Jude) to his Audie-nominated adaptation of Treasure Island, and two volumes of Arabian Nights dramatizations. Ross also performs his own work as a live theater storyteller. Born in Glasgow, he now lives on the Scottish island of Arran, a few steps from a beach ideal for long walks the thinking of writerly thoughts.

About the Performer

Adrian Scarborough is an English actor known for a range of theater, television, and film performances. On stage, he has performed in Nottingham Playhouse's The Madness of George III, Don Juan in Soho at the Wyndham's Theatre, and The False Servant at National Theatre, Hedda Gabler at The Old Vic. In additional to several other stage performances, including Exit the King, King Lear, The Habit of Art, Time and the Conways, Once in a Life Time, and The Mandate, Scarborough's performance in After the Dance won him the title of Best Supporting Actor at the 2011 Olivier Awards. On television, he has been featured in Killing Eve, A Very English Scandal, Blunt Talk, Little Women, Professor Branestawm, Call the Midwife, Psychoville, Upstairs Downstairs, Gavin and Stacey, and Doctor Who. In film, Scarborough has appeared in hits such as Artemis Fowl, Christopher Robin, Les Miserables, The King's Speech, Lyrebird, The Madness of King George, and 2019's 1917, a Sam Mendes film about WWI. Most recently, he is in the process of filming as a regular character on Sandition for ITV.

About the Performer

Freya Mavor is one of the most exciting young talents in the industry and at the age of 25 has already been long listed for a César award for her work in France, named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow and been nominated for 2 Scottish BAFTAS. In the English Language her film credits include Sense of an Ending directed by Ritesh Batra, Sunshine on Leith directed by Dexter Fletcher and the forthcoming Trautmann directed by Marcus H.Rosenmuller. In French, Freya has shot the title role in La Dame Dans L'Auto Avec Des Lunettes Et Un Fusil by the award-winning director Joann Sfar, Cézanne et Moi directed by Danièle Thompson and the recent box-office hit L'Empereur de Paris opposite Vincent Cassel.

Her television credits include a leading role in the iconic series Skins, period dramas The White Queen for the BBC and New Worlds for Channel 4 and the HBO Alan Ball pilot Virtuoso. She was recently seen in The ABC Murders for the BBC and Amazon.

On stage Freya took the leading role in Good Canary, directed by John Malkovich.