Evaline is my totally improvised radio play set in London in 1923. I play all characters alone, unrehearsed and unedited. After the first few episodes, i thought about who could be in the next ep. and what might happen, but that was all the prep I did.
Oh, except for the research I did into London in 1923 and the Gentlemen's Clubs of London. In two eps, I found a song by Noel Coward that I could play in the Darling Buds Gentlemen's Club.
Often, the character and story went off in a direction I was not expecting. It's fun when characters have their own minds.
I recorded Evaline during Covid Lockdown. It kept me on my toes!
Just click to listen. (It's a video format without pictures!)
In Episode 1,
Evaline Pankhurst,
known as Evvie, crashes her car into the gate of Appleby Manor here she is
greeted by Banderson, the ageing butler, then meets Hillary AKA Hills Appleby,
great nephew to Hon Mrs Matilda Appleby.The adventures begin!
In Episode 1, Evaline Pankhurst, known as Evvie, crashes her car into the gate of Appleby Manor here she is greeted by Banderson, the ageing butler, then meets Hillary AKA Hills Appleby, great nephew to Hon Mrs Matilda Appleby.
Characters in Episode 1:
Evaline, or Evvie to her friends and family, is young, silly, privileged and fearless. She drives an emerald green sports car like a maniac.
Other characters in this first episode are:
Hillary ‘Hills’ Appleby - 25ish. A toff sent down from Oxford.
Hon (Mrs) Matilda Appleby - 80s HIlls' wealthy Great Aunt.
Banderson- Matilda Appleby's Butler.
Chantel the Chanteuse - Tivoli Showgirl, Hills’ Cockney girlfriend.
Appleby Manor -Matilda Appleby's stately home
The Trees -Evvie’s Uncle’s home 3 miles away
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