MONSIGNOR QUIXOTE By Graham Greene
Dramatised for radio by Stephen Wyatt
With Bernard Cribbins and Philip Jackson. Directed by Marc Beeby
Ten episodes for Fifteen Minute Theatre on BBC Radio 4
August 8th to August 12th and August 15th to August 19th
10.45 am repeated at 19.45 pm....
Oblomov starring the great comedy team of Toby Jones and Trevor Peacock directed by Claire Grove is back on Radio 4 Extra
Today BBC Radio 4 Extra has just started a series of repeats of the ten SKETCHES BY BOX dramatisations I did back in the late 90s. The first is The Tuggses at Ramsgate and it's available for another 29 days.
They all have wonderful casts and sparkling direction by Sally Avens. One of my fav...
My Christmas special dramatisation of ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is currently available again on Radio 4 Extra.
Rob Orledge's reconstructions of Debussy's two Poe operas is now available on cd. I wrote the libretto for The Devil in the Belfry.
Lynn Bayley has written a very informed and appreciative review which is available on her website.
A lovely week in studio with Monsignor Quixote directed by Marc Beeby and starring Bernard Cribbins and Philip Jackson. Bernard, aged 87, was an inspiration to us all with his energy and professionalism. He even spotted typos in the scripts which Marc and I had missed. The dramatisation will be on R...
Looking forward to working with Kinny Gardner and Krazy Kat theatre on a new version of The Very Magic Flute, the work with which I began my role as KK dramaturg over ten years ago.
The course ended on 9th April with a very successful day in the Pier Productions studios in Brighton. The participants had extracts from their plays recorded with a group of very talented actors under the masterly direction of the one and only Martin Jenkins.
On Sunday 8th May I will be taking part in The Capitol - the Doctor Who Appreciation Society's 40th Anniversary celebrations at the Arora Hotel, Gatwick. A panel discussion of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy is planned.
The double CD of the Gottingen performances of Usher and Le Diable will appear with PAN CLASSICS on 16 May.
The Advanced Radio Drama Course I'm taking for New Writing South got off to a very promising start this month with a very keen and talented group of writers. Looking forward to working with them and the distinguished radio producer Martin Jenkins over the next eight weeks.
Rob Orledge's reconstruction of Debussy's one act opera based on Poe's The Devil in the Belfry with a libretto by me was performed in concert in Gottingen in December 2013. The recording is now scheduled for release by leading German record company Note 1 later this year.
Deal done on my dramatisation of Graham Greene's Monsignor Quixote to be recorded in April directed by Marc Beeby.
My dramatisation of Vanity Fair directed by Claire Grove and Marc Beeby is back on Radio 4 Extra for the Christmas season.