Thursday, March 31, 2011

Books:

LEMON GULCH
Gore Vidal: "You've found a voice. I look forward to reading you entire."

THE DELILAH CHRONICLES 

THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING SPUNK


OUR YANK


THE FANTASTICAL MYSTERY OF RITTERHOUSE FAY


WOMEN WHO LOVE AND OTHER STORIES


THE JIMMY JONES SKANDAL



Radio Plays:
CONDOMINIUM (Island Queen) BBC with Elaine Stritch;
NDR, North German Radio with Maria Becker.

MUMMY WAS WELL LIKED BBC with Betty Marsden, Mary Wimbush

A DISCONNECTED NUMBER (Elsie and The Truth) with Robyn Nevin, ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

BELOVED  (COMPUTERLIEBE) Bayerischer Rundfunk; SDR, South German Radio; ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

GRACIE FIELDS DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE  
ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

YOUNG EYES  ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation; SABC, South African Broadcasting Corporation

THE PROMISE  ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Radio New Zealand,

DER LAUSCHER  (EAVESDROPPER)  Hessischer Rundfunk; Bayerischer Rundfunk; ORB; SDR, South German Radio; SFB; DF; NDR, North German Radio; WDR, West German Radio
Review:
"This play,  a psychological thriller, is constructed so sophisticatedly -- and aptly for the medium -- that it is a rarity in the genre... The result is an unforgettably thrilling 45 minutes."

Lutz Tantow/FK  FUNK-Korrespondenz

PEOPLE LIKE US  (LEUTE WIE WIR) NDR, North German Radio; Hessicher Rundfunk; RAI, Italy, ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

INSTRUCTIONS  ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation FM Major Award for Drama; SDR, South German Radio

DIE BESTIE  (THE BEAST)  NDR/SDR, North German/South German Radio

PRALINEN  (CHOCOLATES)  NDR/WDR, North/West German Radio; RAI, Italy Listen (in German)!

ANGEL (ENGEL) (Women Who Love) ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation; WDR, West German Radio

DANCE  ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

COMFORT ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ENGEL (ANGEL),  PRALINEN (CHOCOLATES), THE BEAST (BEASTIE),  DER LAUSCHER (EAVESDROPPER) A  Season of Plays, Austrian National Radio

THEY'RE PLAYING MY SONG ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

CORNERED  SABC, South African Broadcasting Corporation

SCHWANENGESANG  (SWAN SONG) WDR,West German Radio

COZY FIRE, DANCE, SUCH FUN --Three short plays --ABC,Australian Broadcasting Corporation

BIG GERTRUDE   ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

THE CROW ON THE BALCONY ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

BIG GERTRUDE, YOUNG EYES, PIGEON PEOPLE, INSTRUCTIONS -- A Season of Plays -- ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

PIGEON PEOPLE ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

First Play:
Donovan O'Malley's first play THE SAD PART was written and performed in 1962 in Oxford. It was recorded 1962 at Dame Miriam Rothschild's home, Elsfield Manor, outside Oxford. Listen to the play
This play, said the young author in 1962, was heavily influenced by T.S. Eliot's plays and the Theatre of the Absurd.


llustrating American writer Nathanael West:
See the nine illustrations here

GERMAN RADIO CATALOGUES

NDR NORDDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK

NDR NORDDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK

BR BAYERISCHER RUNDFUNK

WDR WESTDEUTSCHEN RUNDFUNK

WDR WESTDEUTSCHEN RUNDFUNK

NDR NORDDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK


NDR NORDDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK


ABC FM MAJOR AWARD
FOR DRAMA
"INSTRUCTIONS"