Another question: Is there a word in english for the kinds of audiobooks that are a proper play? Acted out by different voice actors and with sound effects? Do you listen to those? In german you make a distinction between ‘Hörbuch’ and ‘Hörspiel’…
I guess we would call it a “radio play” because that sort of format has been around on radio for a long time. I’ve never come across one produced as an audio book, rather than for radio first, so I don’t know if anyone has tried to coin another name.
Another question: Is there a word in english for the kinds of audiobooks that are a proper play? Acted out by different voice actors and with sound effects? Do you listen to those? In german you make a distinction between ‘Hörbuch’ and ‘Hörspiel’…
I guess we would call it a “radio play” because that sort of format has been around on radio for a long time. I’ve never come across one produced as an audio book, rather than for radio first, so I don’t know if anyone has tried to coin another name.
Full Cast Audiobook
https://www.audible.com/pd/Lincoln-in-the-Bardo-Audiobook/B01MYV9WSI
Here you go. It’s amazing.
Thanks. Are you from the UK? Because I’ve heard about BBC audio drama, Douglas Adams radio dramas etc…
Just out of curiosity: Do American people use that term, too? Do they listen to the radio and fiction/drama is part of radio in the US?
But thanks for all the terms. I think I can live with ‘radio play’, ‘drama’ and a ‘full-cast’ if I want to specify.