Song of the Forest is a radio play by Tina Pepler. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 16 July 1990 as an installment of the Monday Play, and won a Giles Cooper Award that same year. It was also the official BBC entry for the Morishge Award International Radio Drama contest, 1991, in addition to being nominated for a Sony Award. The length is 75 minutes[1].
Plot[]
Soon after her marriage Helena is paralyzed in a diving accident. Jacu, a monkey from the Amazonian rain forest, is trained to help paraplegics. But inside the primate is the the soul of a South American Indian girl.
Cast[]
- Helena - Maureen O'Brien
- Jacu - Mamta Kaash
- Laurette - Shelley Thompson
- Harry - Bill Wallis
- Bernie - Peter Whitman
- Mother - June Barrie
- Sister Marina - Ann Morrish
- Lizzie - Susan Sheridan
- Jonathan - Stephen Garlick
- Sam/Surgeon - Vincent Brimble
- Composer - Elizabeth Parker, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin
Critical Reception[]
References[]
- ↑ Best Radio Plays of 1990 Methuen/BBC 1991