Colin Haydn Evans Radio Plays
I have no biographical information so far, but Colin, a very experienced radio author, has written a book "Writing for Radio". Here are three interesting quotations from it:
"Most ideas beginners have for radio plays are wrong ideas. The common feeling seems to be that the more sensational the plot the greater the impact on the audience. More often than not, the reverse turns out to be the case".
"Sound drama is much more about lifting surfaces than polishing them".
"Imply as much as you can get away with, and describe as little as can be tolerated".
Here are details of the plays I've managed to trace, in reverse order.
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BBC RADIO BROADCASTS
Testimonies*....2002, 55m
P. O'Brien, dramatised by C.H.E. A
sad tale set in rural Wales. An Oxford
prof. goes to stay in his holiday cottage
and falls ill. A local farmer's wife
puts him up and helps him recover. All
would be well were it not for the visit
of a pompous, sexually-frustrated priest.
Taming the Wart*....2000, 45m
Medical detectives....
Holy Marriage*....1999, 45m
Apocalypses and conflicting priests
Envelopes*....1998, 45m
A soldier writes home....
Tapping*....1997
A frightening tale in the "Fear on Four" series.
Forest Tales....1996, serial
3 x 30 min, R4, 7.8.1996 to 21.8.1996, with Manon Edwards/Christine
Pritchard/Nia Davies/Eluned Jones
Falling Heads....1995, SNT
R4, 25 March 1995,19:50 hrs- with Ronald Pickup/Leslie Phillips/
Celia Imrie
The Spring Queen....1993, serial
R5, 25.4.1993 to 16.5.1993, 4 x 30min; with Graham Crowden/Jerome
Flynn/Maggie McCarthy
A Walk Across The Green*....1990, SNT
R4,7 April 1990,19:45 hrs- with Christopher Good/Steve Hodson
Name For The Day....1984, AFT
12.4.1984, with Christopher Ettridge/Ingrid Hafner/Angela Phillips
Visiting....1984, AFT
28.3.1984, with Roger Hammond/Eva Stuart
Figures....1984, AFT
15.2.1984, with Anna Massey/Blain Fairman. First in a series of
"spine chillers".
An Unfortunate Occurrence at Hounslow....1984, AFT
8.1.1984, with Gary Cady/John Livesey/John Turner/Maurice
Denham/John Warner. (Rpt; details as below)
Amritsar....1983, SNT
R4, 18 July 1983, 20:30 hrs- with Frederick Treves/T.P. McKenna/Saeed
Jaffrey 16.7.1983/2030
Novice....1983, AFT
16.11.1983, with Hugh Burden/Gabriel Woolf/Meg Davies/Timothy Bateson
Tell Me When The Feeling Stops....1983, AFT
12.11.1983, with Jane Knowles/Gabriel Woolf/Christian Rodska/
Diana Bishop
An Unfortunate Occurrence At Hounslow....1982, SNT
R4, 22 May 1982, 20:30 hrs- with Gary Cady/John Livesey/John Turner
/Maurice Denham. A young army man is flogged for a misdemeanor
in 1840. Such floggings were not rare, were carried out
for relatively trivial offences and were, to our minds, incomprehensible.
For the colonel who ordered the flogging, there were repercussions. He
found himself in court. This was a landmark case where it was finally
decided that the army did not have the right to treat its own
members with brutality in the name of "discipline". Recording
sent by David Carvin; many thanks David.
The Future Is Not What It Used To Be....1982, AFT
12.11.1982, with Cyril Shaps/Gabriel Woolf/Sonia Fraser/Cornelius
Garrett/Patricia Brake
A Fall of Leaves*....1982, AFT
12.2.1982, with Colin Baker/Sarah Sutton/Meg Davies
Tell Me When The Feeling Stops....1981, AFT
13.8.1981, with Jane Knowles/Gabriel Woolf/Christian Rodska/Diana
Bishop
A Fall Of Leaves*....1980, AFT
17.7.1980, with Colin Baker/Sarah Sutton
The Spring Queen....date nk
by Colin Hadyn Evans in 4 x 30m. R5. (children's story)
AFT=Afternoon theatre, SNT=Saturday Night Theatre
Asterisked items known to exist in VRPCC collections
Nigel Deacon / Diversity Website
