Proud Songster
“The thrushes sing as the sun is going,
And the finches whistle in ones and pairs”
[Proud Songster – Thomas Hardy]
During a period of 100 days in 1994, a group of Hutu extremists slaughtered an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Inspired by the Thomas Hardy poem, Proud Songster tells the story of Sarah, a young English teacher, working at a church mission school in Rwanda.
One of four winners of Channel 4’s “The Radio Play’s The Thing” competition. Recorded by Sony Radio Award-winning Producer John Dryden (Goldhawk Productions) and Oscar-nominated New Zealand director Andrew Foster (“Flight of the Concords”, “Two Cars, One Night”).
Cast: Jennifer Biddal, Francesca Isherwood, Robin Browne, Angus Wright, Ery Nzaramba and Susan Engel.
Parts: 3 female, 3 male
[Photograph: Kiglai School Chalk Board, © Philip Kromer, Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)]