Amazing Grace 1/5 (Úžasná Grace, 2010)

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Únor 17, 2012

Michelle Lipton. Hudba Stephen Kilpatrick. Zpívají Dětský sbor Dobcross Holy Trinity Primary School a Smíšený sbor Leeds University Liturgical Choir. Zvukový design Eloise Whitmore. Produkce Nicola Shindler. Režie Justine Potter.

Osoby a obsazení: Grace (Wunmi Mosaku), Bonnie (Patricia Routledge), Leo (Greg Wise), Jacob / Elijah (Beru Tessema), Kyla (Yusra Wasrama), Frankie / muž od Červeného kříže (Bijan Daneshmand), HOPO / ECO (Bea Comins), Solomon (Darren Hart), řidič TIRu / venkovan (Ali Rahman).

Nastudovalo BBC v roce 2010. Premiéra 1. dílu 28. 6. 2010 (A Red production for BBC Radio 4 – Woman’s Hour Drama, 10:45 h.).

Pozn.: Cena Richarda Imisona za nejlepší scénář roku 2010.

Lit.: Lipton, Michelle: Amazing Grace. In web Michelle Lipton, 3. 7. 2010 (článek). - Cit.: Every day last week, a radio drama I wrote for Woman’s Hour called Amazing Grace was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

The response and the feedback from listeners has been astonishing. We were a radio pick of the week in The Observer, got some lovely press reviews, including a nice feature in this week’s edition of The Stage, and I was even invited in to speak live on Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour along with lead actress Wunmi Mosaku which was a remarkable (and terrifying!) experience.

Such level of attention for what was my first radio commission, and actually my first proper go at writing a radio script, has been surprising to say the least, and I’m extremely grateful to everyone who’s been in touch with their comments. Thank you for all your support – it means more than I can say.

A few people have expressed an interest in reading the scripts, particularly as the drama contains several action sequences, so I’m putting them up here whilst the series is still available to listen to on iPlayer.

The episodes will start self-destructing on iPlayer from 11am this Monday, 5th July 2010, so if you want to listen to Episode 1 you need to be quick. I’ll be taking the scripts down on Monday 12th July 2010.

Any questions about production and I’m sure the producer, Justine Potter, will be happy to answer them on her blog where she’s also been discussing how Eloise Whitmore, the Sony Award winning sound designer who recorded the series, built the sound worlds; and how composer Steve Kilpatrick created the incredible music, something he has also blogged about here. I wrote about the pitching and commissioning process for radio drama last year, but if anyone has any specific questions about the development and writing process feel free to ask them in the comments section or by email and I’ll do my best to answer them. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy listening.

Lit.: anonym: Amazing Grace. In web BBC, 2010 (anotace). – Cit.: Drama by Michelle Lipton, inspired by a true story. When Grace’s Sudanese village is attacked, she scoops up her children – two year old in her arms, nine year old holding her hand and the 10 year old twins running behind – and they flee, running for their lives.

Thankfully safety is within reach, and a truck full of displaced villagers lets her on board. She loads her two daughters on to the truck and turns to lift the boys up. But they aren’t there – they’re gone. And the truck must go. Grace must make any parent’s most feared decision. A choice that is no choice – to save the children she has with her or abandon them to look for the two who are left behind. This is the story of Grace – now living in the UK – and her battle to find and bring back her missing children.