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The Pied Piper of COVIDAuthor: Rebecca Abrams
THE PIED PIPER OF COVID: A PLAY IN VERSE Narrator: Katurah Morrish Piper: Jack Tivey Prime Minister: Simon Lenegan Citizens: Jack Simpson, Sue Swallow, Katie Friedli-Walton, Jack Tivey, Simon Lenegan Written by Rebecca Abrams Original music, Out of Here, composed by Jeremy Arden Recorded at Evolution Studios, Oxford on 4th December 2020 With many thanks to: Penny Boreham, Jeremy Arden, Oscar Davies, Esther Shanson, Kate Clanchy, Sally Bayley, Annabel Arden, Andrew Fingret, Ed Howell, Jessie Slim, Solomon Slim and Amanda McKenzie Stewart. Language: en Genres: Comedy, News, Politics Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Pied Piper of COVID
Episode 1
Thursday, 7 January, 2021
The Pied Piper of Covid is a verse play written by Rebecca Abrams, a poetic satire of the events of 2020. Inspired by Robert Browning's 1842 poem, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, this version pinions the parallels with today: a deadly plague, a mob of inept and dishonest leaders, and a shadowy, powerful figure at the heart of government. But what is the plague in our case? And who exactly are the rats?
