Not easy to define - literary fiction, a kind of memoir, somewhat autobiographical... Alternative title: Phone Calls, Recalls and Spilt Milk. Chapters/Books/Sections... A mosaic of sorts. My favourite format? Radio Drama. By far. At its very best the listener is a fly-on-the-wall: eavesdropping, over-hearing, listening in, privy to the most intimate, soul-searching monologue, revealing dialogue... I worked in RTE's Drama Department for some 16 years in the '70's, '80's - directing, producing, scripting, editing. During that period I wrote and produced some of my own plays - well received and...
Not easy to define - literary fiction, a kind of memoir, somewhat autobiographical... Alternative title: Phone Calls, Recalls and Spilt Milk. Chapters...
Good Friday relived - indeed. I set myself the task of telling it from the point of view of the prisoners in chains beneath the Praetorium - and as the Roman Colonizer might well have viewed it. No Jesus, no disciples, no saints or angels, no priests... A storyline that could never be dismissed as incredible... The Praetorium: seat and centre of foreign occupation in Jerusalem; as such, hated and despised by the native population. The parallels with today's world are not, I hope, overstated. "Let those who have eyes to see... ears to hear..."
Good Friday relived - indeed. I set myself the task of telling it from the point of view of the prisoners in chains beneath the Praetorium - and as th...
