Director: Jim Culleton
Producer: Eoin Brady (lyric fm)
Premiere: First broadcast on RTE lyric fm on 96-99 fm at 10:00 pm, 24th Dec 2003
Description: Fishamble and RTE lyric fm have produced four original 28-minute radio plays to coincide with a season of music being broadcast during late 2003/early 2004. Directed by Fishamble’s Jim Culleton and produced by lyric’s Eoin Brady, it is a particularly exciting project as it marks both the first time Fishamble has produced work for radio and the first time RTE lyric fm has ever produced drama.
The season of plays was broadcast on RTE lyric fm on 96-99 fm at 10:00 pm from the end of 2003 through to the start of 2004; the schedule for transmission is as follows
Cast: Karen Ardiff, Gary Cooke, Brian Cox, Ingrid Craigie, Miche Doherty, Stella Feehily, Peter Hanly, Andrea Irvine, Frank Laverty, Sophie Masterson, Pauline McLynn, Janet Moran, Robert Price, Mal Whyte.
Music 1: Messiah Composer: Handel
Play 1: Handel's Crossing Writer: Joe O' Connor
Music 21: Benvenuto Cellini Composer: Berlioz
Play 2: The Medusa Writer: Gavin Kostick
Music 3: Barber of Seville Composer: Rossini
Play 3: Chaste Diana Writer: Michael West
Music 4: Werther Composer: Massenet
Play 4: Sweet Bitter Writer: Stella Feehily