All of us here at Silksoundbooks would like to wish a big Happy Birthday to our star audio book reader Crispin Bonham-Carter.

Crispin is well known for his for his role as Mr. Bingley in BBC's Pride and Prejudice and was recently seen in the James Bond film Casino Royale. But it would be true to say that his first love is definitely the theatre and it doesn’t matter to him whether he’s on stage or behind the scenes, for he has a parallel career as an actor and as a director. 'Directing is a way of taking control, of seeing something through from beginning to end.' he said in 2000.

Crispin studied classics at St. Andrews in Scotland, but spent most of his time in the university theatre. Before he had even graduated he landed his first professional job, a one-line cameo 'Here’s your hat, Father' in the film Howard’s End, which starred his third cousin twice removed, Helena Bonham-Carter. Amazingly , the two had never even met until Crispin walked up to her during the filming and introduced himself. He is modest about his break. 'I think it was James Ivory thinking, ‘How amusing, to put this other Bonham-Carter in as well.''

Crispin brings all his talents to his Silksoundbooks unabridged audio book The Picture of Dorian Gray, revealing the full gothic horror of Oscar Wilde’s Faustian tale.

Happy Birthday Crispin.

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