Henrietta & Eleanor: A Retelling of Jekyll and Hyde
An Audible Original Drama
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Narrated by:
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Holliday Grainger
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Clive Mantle
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Carla Mendonça
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Miranda Raison
About this listen
First published to critical acclaim in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson’s mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature, and it is the book which established Stevenson's reputation as a writer.
In this Audible Original drama Stevenson’s story is transported to modern-day London, and instead we meet Henrietta Jekyll and Eleanor Hyde.
Dr Jekyll, a charming doctor, explores the possibility of dividing the dark and light side of her personality, but in doing this she creates a monster, Eleanor Hyde. For many years she manages to live under the radar, keeping her dark secret unknown to those around her. However, gradually her evil side gains strength until Dr Jekyll is overwhelmed by Eleanor Hyde, to disastrous consequences. An exploration of human duality and forces of good and evil, this modern retelling is compelling and eerie and retains the disturbing nature of the original text.
Starring Holliday Grainger (Cinderella, My Cousin Rachel, Strike) and Carla Mendonça (My Parents Are Aliens, So Awkward).
Also starring Tim Bentinck, Bill Fellows, Hugh Fraser, Holliday Grainger, Clive Mantle, Carla Mendonca, Katarina Olsson, Miranda Raison and Hugh Ross.
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Summary
First published to critical acclaim in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson’s mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature, and it is the book which established Stevenson's reputation as a writer.In this Audible Original drama Stevenson’s story is transported to modern-day London, and instead we meet Henrietta Jekyll and Eleanor Hyde.
Dr Jekyll, a charming doctor, explores the possibility of dividing the dark and light side of her personality, but in doing this she creates a monster, Eleanor Hyde. For many years she manages to live under the radar, keeping her dark secret unknown to those around her. However, gradually her evil side gains strength until Dr Jekyll is overwhelmed by Eleanor Hyde, to disastrous consequences. An exploration of human duality and forces of good and evil, this modern retelling is compelling and eerie and retains the disturbing nature of the original text.
Starring Holliday Grainger (Cinderella, My Cousin Rachel, Strike) and Carla Mendonça (My Parents Are Aliens, So Awkward).
Also starring Tim Bentinck, Bill Fellows, Hugh Fraser, Holliday Grainger, Clive Mantle, Carla Mendonca, Katarina Olsson, Miranda Raison and Hugh Ross.
©2018 Audible, Ltd (P)2018 Audible, Ltd.
Critic reviews
"A solid retelling with quick pacing and atmospheric narration heightening jarring, bizarre circumstances. A full cast rounds out the life of Jekyll as her friends discuss her, read her correspondence, and have interactions with the young doctor and her sinister counterpart. While all the actors involved work to create this chilling story, some of the strongest moments involve the confessions of Henrietta, portrayed by Carla Mendonça, and the unnerving telltale laughter of Eleanor, portrayed by Holliday Grainger. An enjoyable listen for fans of dramatic re-creations and science fiction." (AudioFile Magazine)
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- Alice DG
- 07-09-22
Amazing adaptation of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde!
the story is a beautiful adaptation of the classic novel. the performance is enticing and keeps you wanting to listen. recommended!
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- Simon
- 23-11-18
A Modern Re-telling That's Stuck in the Past
When Audible get these modern re-imaginings right it can be spectacularly good, just check out the wonderful Romeo and Jude if you haven't already and need convincing. They can also do great gothic and ghostly stories like the Darkwater Bride. This though is a strange hodge podge of ideas and themes and struggles for identity. It is a classic story cleverly re-imagined with female protagonists and set in the current day, definitely an intriguing idea and definitely I thought worthy of spending some time with.
Unfortunately I felt that it fell short, and not just in terms of its brevity. Although it is set in the modern world you'd hardly know it from most of the writing and the soundtrack. The actors sounded much more like something from a Victorian gothic, the music more dreary than the promised eerie of the blurb and the whole story lacked any real kind of edge. It never finds its own identity or generates an atmosphere that grabs the listener.
Not everything has to be quite as edgy as the likes of Romeo and Jude or indeed be authentically gothic but this just falls limply in between the cracks somewhere and never manages to gain traction as a result. It's not awful by any means but Audible have created much better.
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- Deborah Foley
- 04-01-24
A bit of drivel but was interested enough to end
Woman who seems quite nice spends all her time making herself and her rabbit unwell. People try to help but are frozen in their disbelief. Stick with the original!!
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- zzzLazyDaisy
- 06-09-22
Enjoyable daramatisation,
i enjoyed this dramatisation of a modern version of Jekyll & Hyde. It is very well narrated and I will look for more dramatisations like this.
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- Paul D.
- 22-12-23
Uninspired
I was expecting far more ambition and at least an attempt to update the story in any meaningful way. I expected too much.
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- Rose
- 10-12-23
A good adaptation
I'm not normally a fan of swapping male characters into female ones, straight to gay couples etc, but this is very well done, feeling quite natural. The actors are excellent, very easy to listen to and to distinguish between. All in all a good play, it kept me listening from start to finish.
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- Stephen Ashton
- 18-11-22
Great listen
well performed and a good modern take on an old story . gets you from the beginning to the end with believable characters
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- Mike
- 28-06-23
A good short listen
I like the ‘play like’ narration of this one it helps you to follow it easier.
Definitely worth a listen.
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- W. King
- 28-08-23
Good.
The dramatisation was first class yet the story was a little lacking, in my opinion.
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- Steve Black
- 07-02-19
Quite Gripping ( Even tho’ you know the Story)
Well I wondered how this would pan out and was pleasantly surprised, it kept me enthralled throughout, cast was excellent and story , well you know that bit 🥴
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