Category: Radio Plays

Posted in August Strindberg Radio Plays Theatre

Review: The Father / The Broken Word, Radio 3/4

“Love between sexes is war” Laurie Slade’s adaptation of Strindberg’s The Father was commissioned for Coventry’s Belgrade…

Posted in Radio Plays Theatre

Review: Votes for Women/The Magnificent Andrea, Radio 3/4

“No decent woman will be able to say suffrage without blushing for another generation” Part of a…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Rachel De-lahay Radio Plays Theatre

Review: For Services Rendered / Carnival, Radio 4

“The only thing is to grin and bear it” Timing is everything and the anti-war message of…

Posted in Caryl Churchill Radio Plays Theatre

Review: Serious Money, Radio 3

“We will make a profit at the right time in the right place, with an smile on…

Posted in Agatha Christie Radio Plays Theatre

Review: The Memory of Water / And Then There Were None / A Special Kind of Dark, Radio 4

“You’ve got that slight edge in your voice, like a blunt saw” Shelagh Stephenson’s The Memory of…

Posted in Radio Plays Theatre

Review: Red Enters the Eye / Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear / Feather, Radio 4

“Come, I’ll make you some lamb cutlets” A friend recommended Red Enters The Eye to me mainly…

Posted in Duncan Macmillan Radio Plays Theatre

Review: The Forbidden, Radio 4

“Candyman…candyman…” Just a quickie for this as I hadn’t intended to blog it but it has lingered…

Posted in Radio Plays Theatre

Review: Dangerous Visions – Radio 4

“What would this devastated world be without us?” Radio 4 recently put together a season of work…

Posted in Caryl Churchill Mark Ravenhill Radio Plays Theatre

Review: Light Shining in Buckinghamshire / The Colour of Milk, Radio 3/4

“I know what you think, but I cannot turn away” For reasons not entirely clear, Mark Ravenhill…