Listen "A terrible thing has happened by Elinora Westfall"
Episode Synopsis
It is March 1941 during the Second World War, and a young evacuee, Tabitha, is fascinated by the stories about a famous author who lives nearby.
Content warning: contains references to suicide.
The story is written and read by Elinora Westfall. Influenced by David Bowie, Virginia Woolf and Sally Wainwright, Elinora Westfall is a lesbian writer of stage, screen, fiction, poetry and radio from the UK.
Her novel, Everland, was selected for the Penguin and Random House WriteNow Editorial Programme, and her short films have been selected by Pinewood Studios & Lift-Off Sessions, Cannes Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Camden Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, while her theatre and audio shows have been selected by The British Library and performed in London's West End and on Broadway, where she won the award for Best Monologue.
The story was produced by Tabitha Potts.
Music used courtesy of Timbre of Freesound.org
Photo of Virginia Woolf By George Charles Beresford - Filippo Venturi Photography Blog, Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50293324
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