Radio Plays - Blindness
2002 John Pilkington - Apostle of light - Louis Braille - see JP's page
1996 Marius Brill - Slaughter in the Dark
1995 Ernst Bramah - The eyes of Max Carrados (detective series)
1992 Wally K Daly - Blade of the Poisoner
1988 Blind Man's Buff (from Fear on Four)
1986 James Follett - A Darkening of the Moon - see JF's page
1968 R.C.Scriven - Seasons of the Blind - see RCS's page
nk.....John Hull -Touching the rock
nk.....Vivian Padgett - Dark Encounter
There was also a play about Helen Keller - can't remember either the author or the title - round about 1998-99.
NOTES
APOSTLE OF LIGHT....2002
Interesting biographical play about Louis Braille; his early life and his adoption of the military ciphering system which gave him the idea for an effective writing system for the blind.
SLAUGHTER IN THE DARK....1996
R4, 29/2/96 - 21/3/96, 4 x 30min. By Marius Brill. A blind detective investigates bizarre cases.
1/4: Blind Mans Buff
2/4: Donne To Death
3/4: Blind Deviation
4/4: More Than Meets the Ear
MAX CARRADOS....1995
...the famous blind detective.
BLADE OF THE POISONER .... 1992
BBCR5, June 92, 4 x 30min. By Douglas Hill, adapted by Wally K. Daly. Sword and sorcery tale in which a blind magician and an archer must save a boy from the evil clutches of The Poisoner.
DARK ENCOUNTER
With Richard ....., Petra Davies, Noel Johnson, Ronnie Williams, Sian Davies, D...... Owen, Myfanwy Talog, Frederick Taggert. Produced by Lorraine David. (my recording unclear - some of the names indistinct). Could easily be put in the "revenge" category. An unhappy marriage, and the husband begins to play away from home. But it doesn't go unobserved, and an unforeseen accident alters the 'balance of power'. This story, like all the best tales, isn't fully resolved...Clive Lever told me about this play - many thanks, Clive.
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
Most of the above plays known to exist in VRPCC collections
