10.10.08

Afternoon Play: Owls

BBC Radio 4
Friday 17 October, 2008 14.15

This promises a labyrinthine, multi-layered plot about a visit to a Scottish island, an old man reflecting on his life, and a tale of two children trying to escape an abusive situation. Sounds like fun… http://blogs.thestage.co.uk

A fictional story written and narrated by Paul Evans and based on an island legend about a brother and sister who were bound by a wish sworn on a barn owl feather, which in turn became a curse that proved fatal. Recorded on location in Scotland; isolation, human desire and the supernatural are explored in this unsettling drama about the relationship between hope and desire, Man and Nature.

Old man … ………………..Jimmy Yuill
Sister ...……………………..Alyth McCormack
Old man as a young boy…. .David McLellan
Sister as a young girl ……….Michaela Sweeney

WILDLIFE SOUND RECORDIST: Chris Watson

PRODUCER / DIRECTOR: Sarah Blunt

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