Treasure Island: A Telling for the New World

Summary

Treasure Island: A Telling for the New World is an eight-hour audio mini-series, based on the classic by R.L. Stevenson.

The adaptation resets the story in the Bayous of Louisiana, the Port of New Orleans, and the Caribbean in 1828. This fully dramatized production stars the voices of Keith David as Long John Silver, John Goodman as Billy Bones, and Glynn Turman as the storyteller, along with members of the Firesign Theatre—David Ossman and Phil Proctor. The series features an original score by multiple-Grammy–winner Taj Mahal. Sound Design was supervised by multi-Oscar–winner Randy Thom of Skywalker Sound. Sound design by Matt Schwartz and Tom Ouziel. Writer/Director Orson Ossman produced the series for Otherworld Media.