Radio Plays V
Radio Plays V
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A Chorus Line (2 hrs)
******A Chorus Line is a musical about seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for
spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas
Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch.
With nineteen main characters, it is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an
audition for a musical. The show provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers
and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their
decisions to become dancers.
The original Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett, was
an unprecedented box office and critical hit, receiving 12 Tony Award nominations and
winning nine of them, in addition to the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It ran for 6,137
performances, becoming the longest-running production in Broadway history up to that time.
A Coat of Varnish by C P Snow
******Humphrey Leigh, retired resident of Belgravia, pays a social visit to an old friend,
Lady Ashbrook. She is waiting for her test results, fearing cancer.When Lady Ashbrook
gets the all clear she has ten days to enjoy her new lease of life.And then she is found murdered.
A Cruel Madness by by Colin Thubron
******When a part-time worker in a mental hospital meets his old girlfriend
inside he is not sure at first is she is a patient. Their reunion is haunted and
haunting, and from the memory of their past affair there unfolds a labyrinth
which darkens from romantic obsession to feelings deeper and more disturbing.
Colin Thubron creates a world of passion, delusion, and reality mingling with unreality,
the all-enveloping sense of longing and of loss.
A Pin to See the Peep Show 1.5 by F Tennyson Jesse
A Pin to See the Peep Show 2.5
A Pin to See the Peep Show 3.5
A Pin to See the Peep Show 4.5
A Pin to See the Peep Show 5.5
******Scott Cherry's dramatisation of F Tennyson Jesse's novel inspired by a highly
controversial murder trial of the 1920s.
Angels at Partridge Cottage by Lucy Gannon
******A mixture of love story and ghost story
Blood in the Bridal Shop 1.5 by Nancy Harris
Blood in the Bridal Shop 2.5
Blood in the Bridal Shop 3.5
Blood in the Bridal Shop 4.5
Blood in the Bridal Shop 5.5
******Comedy by Nancy Harris and Louise Ramsden, set just a week before Lydia and Trevor's wedding.
Each episode sees the events from a different point of view
A Bluethroat Morning byTony Ramsay
******Alison Bliss, world-famous model and author of "Sweet Susan", walks into the sea
on a "bluethroat morning" and becomes a greater icon in death than in life. However,
six years later when her husband Harry returns to the site of her death with
19-year-old Helen, he discovers an unusual mystery.
Daughters of Venice by Don Taylor
******a radio version of Don Taylor's stage play about Vivaldi and the girl musicians of the
Ospedale de la Pieta in Venice.A fascinating piece of musical history.
Do's and Don'ts for the Mentally Interesting by Louise Ramsden
******Facing life as a newly-diagnosed manic depressive, Seaneen fears that Rob has become
more nurse than boyfriend, and begins to wonder if the only way to save a brilliant relationship is
to leave it. The play charts her determination to cope with her illness and to live life independently.
Draw 1.5 by Brian B Thompson
Draw 2.5
Draw 3.5
Draw 4.5
Draw 5.5
******Brian B Thompson's cautionary tale about the perils of online gambling
Gifted 1.5 by Nikita Lalwani
Gifted 2.5
Gifted 3.5
Gifted 4.5
Gifted 5.5
******Nikita Lalwani's story of a talented mathematician who wins
a place at Oxford at 15 but struggles to grow up and escape the
excessive strictures of family life
Glass Eels by Nell Leyshon
******The play is set on the Somerset Levels one August, probably on the River Parrett.
While it explores a young girl's sexual awakening, and her acceptance of past loss, it also
concerns eel fishing and a dying rural way of life.
Going Wrong by Ruth Rendell.
******The dark, good-looking Guy is from a council flat. Leonora has a
mews house in Holland Park, and her mother doesn't care for Guy -
or the way he makes his money. His obsession with Leonora increases,
even after they have grown apart, until eventually it creates in him a
murderous madness.
How I Live Now 1.5 by Meg Rosoff
How I Live Now 2.5
How I Live Now 3.5
How I Live Now 4.5
How I Live Now 5.5
******It would be much easier to tell this story if it were all about a chaste
and perfect love between Two Children Against the World at an Extreme
Time in History. But let's face it, that would be crap. Daisy is sent from
New York to England to spend a summer with cousins she has never met.
They are Isaac, Edmond, Osbert and Piper. And two dogs and a goat.
She's never met anyone quite like them before - and, as a dreamy
English summer progresses, Daisy finds herself caught in a timeless
bubble. It seems like the perfect summer. But their lives are about to explode.
Falling in love is just the start of it. War breaks out - a war none of them
understands, or really cares about, until it lands on their doorstep. The family
is separated. The perfect summer is blown apart. Daisy's life is changed forever
- and the world is too.
Incurable Romantics by Perry Pontac
******Three geriatric gents in a rest home in Florence turn out to be Shelley, Keats and Byron who,
contrary to popular myth, did not die tragically and romantically but are eking out their old age no doubt
paid for by the top sales of their oeuvres due to their early demise. Fanny Brawn, Keats' early love interest
arrives as a raddled old hag looking up her old flame after her Texan husband dies. Byron chats her up
and she comments "I'm sweatin' like a weasel in a waffle iron". Funny, literate, and beautifully comically acted.
LA Thaeter Works - Mrs. Warren's Profession 1.2 by G B Shaw
LA Theater Works - Mrs. Warren's Profession 2.2
******Modern parallels abound in the plight of Cambridge-educated
mathematics wiz Vivie Warren, who discovers that her comfortable
upbringing was financed in unspeakable ways. Shaw pits a clever
heroine against a memorable gallery of rogues in this superbly
intelligent -- and still shocking -- comedy, banned for eight years
from the English stage. Starring Shirley Knight, Dakin Matthews,
Kaitlin Hopkins, Basil Langton, and Robin Sachs Written by George Bernard Shaw
LA Thaeter Works - 'Night Mother 1.2 by Marsha Norman
LA Theater Works - 'Night Mother 2.2
******his play tells the powerful story of an epileptic woman in her early 40’s
systematically preparing her own death - and the frantic and touching efforts
of her mother to stop her. This searing drama, which won the Pulitzer Prize
on Broadway, is guaranteed to keep any listener on the edge of their seat.
Starring Sharon Gless and Katherine Helmond
LA Theater Works - Candida 1.2 by G. Bernard Shaw
LA Theater Works - Candida 2.2
******Shaw’s warm and witty play challenged
conventional wisdom about relationships
between the sexes. A beautiful wife must choose
between the two men who love her. A Court
Theatre Company co-production.
Starring Jobeth Williams and Tom Amandes
LA Theater Works - Steambath 1.2 by Bruce Jay Friedman
LA Theater Works - Steambath 2.2
******A parade of unforgettable characters emerge from the steam in this hilarious,
supernatural bathhouse. There is Tandy, fresh from teaching art appreciation at the
Police Academy; Meredith, whose last memory is buying a micro-miniskirt; Biberman,
a karate silver-belt who masquerades as a paraplegic; and the mysterious Puerto Rican
janitor given to omniscient musings and manipulating the fate of all mankind.
Starring Jason Alexander, Edward Asner, Mary Gross, Gerrit Graham,
Arthur Hanket, Paul Mercier, and Sierra Ruben
LA Theater Works - Tea 1.2 by Velina Hasu Houston
LA Theater Works - Tea 2.2
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LA Theater Works - The Rainmaker 1.2 by N. Richard Nash
LA Theater Works - The Rainmaker 2.2
******The listener can easily envision the dusty, drought-plagued ranch and the
disheartened characters whose lives are changed by the arrival of a smooth-talking
con man spinning colorful dreams. The actors offer outstanding performances,
particularly David Aaron Baker as giggly, enthusiastic teenaged Jim; Jayne Atkinson
as Lizzie, who knows she's plain and serious but can't help wishing for romance;
Jerry Hardin as the kind, grizzled patriarch of the family; and James Morrison as
Starbuck, the friendly pretender whose tall tales, while untruthful, offer their own
brand of hope and comfort. For those who can't get to the theater as often as
they'd like, this production is an excellent option.
Lady Audley's Secret 01.10 by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Lady Audley's Secret 02.10
Lady Audley's Secret 03.10
Lady Audley's Secret 04.10
Lady Audley's Secret 05.10
Lady Audley's Secret 06.10
Lady Audley's Secret 07.10
Lady Audley's Secret 08.10
Lady Audley's Secret 09.10
Lady Audley's Secret 10.10
******The beauty of the child-like Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets.
Combining the elements of the detective novel, the psychological thriller and the
romance of upper class life, this sensational novel uncovers the truth about the
heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder.
Male Order 1.5 - Leonard and Noy by Nick Russell-Pavier
Male Order 2.5 - Galina by Jonathan Myerson
Male Order 3.5 - Gilly by Jonathan Myerson
Male Order 4.5 - Martin by Nick Russell-Pavier
Male Order 5.5 - Leonard and Noy Return by Nick Russell-Pavier
******Series of dramas exploring internet dating in its various forms
Man of the Moment by Alan Ayckbourn
******Ayckbourn's prophetic and wildly funny play which examines the cult of celebrity and reality television.
Minimum Wages 1.5 by Charlie Boucher - Some Kind of Normal
Minimum Wages 2.5 - Amateur Girl
Minimum Wages 3.5 - Beautiful Henry
Minimum Wages 4.5 - Caring
Minimum Wages 5.5 - Gutted
******Stories of characters on minimum wage
Mire Farm by Bruce Bedford
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My Brother God and the Ban Yan Tree by Dusty Hughes
******After British social reformer and Indian nationalism supporter Annie Besant joins the
Indian National Congress to fight for independence from British rule, her appointment of a
local schoolboy as a near-Messiah figure in the Hindu-style cult she presides over brings
criticism. How does the naive youth cope with such a change in his life expectations?
No More A'Roving by Peter Ling
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Odd Moments by Perry Pontac
******Everilda, beautiful and highly trained, applies for the post of housekeeper,
but Mrs Luffram hires her for an entirely different qualification.
On Mayday by Paul Copley
******...The actor and author, PAUL COPLEY, was in the Soviet Union when the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
took place. This is his play about the disaster. Split between a worried wife in London and her husband
travelling through Russia in ignorance of the catastrophe, is a sharp flashback to a
different world and a vanished empire.
One Church 1.2 - One by Richard Monks
One Church 2.2 - Church
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One Last Final Fling by Marcy Kahan
******Robin Bailey and Fabia Drake in a sexagenarian romantic comedy set in Paris.
Pairing Off by Alma Cullen
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Prince Lear by Perry Pontac
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Randle's Scandals by Trevor Hoyle
******After colliding with a Blackpool tram in his Lagonda, Wigan's famous rude comedian Frank Randle
is admitted to hospital in Rochdale for psychiatric observation. The play traces Randle's helter-skelter
career and tragic end due to drink and TB -- for which Keith Clifford won the Sony Award for best actor in the title role.
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
******Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . .
Working as a lady's companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place.
Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she
meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal
of marriage takes her by surprise. She accepts, but whisked from
glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and brooding Manderley, the new
Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife
Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers . . .
Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman.
An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the
haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.
Rustic Glee by Perry Pontac
******Satire at its best. At first this sounds like a conventional "upstairs, downstairs" comedy.
But it doesn't take long to spot the difference. For a start, the characters are not quite who
they seem. Take the butler: "Humpage did a recitation from Simpson's Guide to Household
Management. And a touch of yodelling. Such a surprising man." Lady Fransham has trouble on her hands.....
Stations to Shenfield by David Eldridge
******Emotions run high on a commuter train out of the Square Mile as six lives collide.
The Admirable Crichton by J M Barrie
******The English production of this play in 1902 starred Henry Irving. In 1903, the play was
produced on Broadway by Charles Frohman, starring William Gillette. The story of the play
concerns an aristocratic English family who revert to the state of Nature when shipwrecked
on a desert island. While there, they are willing slaves to their former butler,
but on return to civilization, the positions are shifted.
The Family Man 1.5 by Tony Marchant
The Family Man 2.5
The Family Man 3.5
The Family Man 4.5
The Family Man 5.5
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The Interpreter II 1.5 by Anjum Malik.
The Interpreter II 2.5
The Interpreter II 3.5
The Interpreter II 4.5
The Interpreter II 5.5
******Series of stories about a freelance translator
The Pool by Simon Block
******On a cheap package holiday in Crete, Annie and Ray are looking forward to a quiet
week by the hotel pool. They discover that travel broadens the mind, whether you want it to or not.
Tough Love by Andrea Gibb
******Andrea Gibb's drama about a mother's discovery that her youngest son, Danny, is a heroin addict
and her attempts to save him.
Troilus and Criseyde 1.2 by Geoffrey Chaucer
Troilus and Criseyde 2.2
******Troilus and Criseyde (circa 1380-87) is Geoffrey Chaucer's poem in
rhyme royal (rime royale, seven line stanzas rhyming ababbcc) re-telling the
tragic love story of Troilus, a Trojan prince, and Criseyde. Scholarly consensus
is that Chaucer completed Troilus and Criseyde by the mid 1380's.
Many Chaucer scholars regard this as his best work, even including the
better known but incomplete Canterbury Tales.
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