“…Rhinoceros, where the herds of thundering pachyderms choke the characters with dust and drown their cries with their trumpetings” (Michael Bakewell, Radio Times). Maddalena Fagandini has fond memories of this production.
It took us two whole weeks to find the right sounds for their hooves, then we had to transform actors’ voices (‘rhinocify’ them) and make a troop of the beasts waltz and march and crash into things.
Maddalena Fagandini – The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – The First 25 Years
The following year Rhinoceros was put on at the Royal Court theatre in London1.
When Orson Welles came to London to do ‘Rhinoceros’ at the Royal Court, he wanted to know about our effects. We were told he was very impressed.
Maddalena Fagandini speaking to Jo Hutton. Reproduced interview in Electronic Sound Issue 93
Welles designed the stage production sound effects, along with the costumes, sets, and lighting.
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