A Wireless War
Hannah Khalil's drama follows Val Gielgud and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's company of radio actors as they are evacuated to the countryside in 1939. Recording plays in a stately home is no picnic.
At the outbreak of war in 1939, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ evacuated its newly-formed Radio Drama Company of actors, led by Val Gielgud, to Worcestershire. To mark a hundred years of radio drama at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, a cast of current and former members of the RDC perform this new drama by Hannah Khalil. So how do you record a play in the stables of a Victorian stately home?
Val Gielgud ..... Carl Prekopp
Laurence ..... Joel MacCormack
Audrey/Wendy ..... Clare Corbett
Pete/Bill ..... Ben Crowe
Gladys ..... Jessica Turner
Leonard ..... John Lightbody
Mary ..... Kitty O’Sullivan
Charles Siepmann ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Warden ..... Tyler Cameron
Marius Goring ..... Josh Bryant-Jones
Sound design by Peter Ringrose with Alison Craig and Mike Etherden
Production Co-ordinator - Maggie Olgiati
Directed by Toby Swift
A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Audio production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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- Mon 18 Dec 2023 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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