R.i.p. Maria Callas

Monologues for theatre and radio. "Highly recommended" Sue Dunderdale, Head of M. A. Studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first director of RIP MARIA CALLAS. Included - R. I. P. MARIA CALLAS. A tragi-comic monologue about a man who loves opera and public lavatories and comes to accept his gayness too late. THE STANDARD BEARER. A beleaguered Shakespearean actor on tour in West Africa. THE LIMO FROM HELL. The rise and fall of a male model. plus radio monologues commissioned for performers such as Dora Bryan, Bernard Cribbins and Paul Scofield on subjects ranging from a woman who accompanied the silent movies to a dying hero of the Armada, a defrosted Ice Man and a disgruntled Santa Claus.