'Black Water: An American Story'
Nominated for BBC Audio Drama Awards 2020.
Sarah's adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' novel, produced by Gaynor Macfarlane, is among the finalists in two categories for the BBC Audio Drama awards:
Full details here
Sarah Wooley's adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates's novella Black Water was a richly atmospheric throwback to an era when intelligent young women were expected to simper and pout in the presence of powerful men. Loosely based on the Chappaquiddick incident of 1969 - when a car driven by Edward Kennedy crashed into a lagoon in Massachusetts, killing his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne - the drama slipped back and forth between scenes of a cocktail party seduction and the dying thoughts of the victim trapped underwater. A senseless tragedy dissected with icy restraint. Clive Davies - The Times.
Nominated for BBC Audio Drama Awards 2020.
Sarah's adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' novel, produced by Gaynor Macfarlane, is among the finalists in two categories for the BBC Audio Drama awards:
- Best Adaptation
- Best Actress (Lydia Wilson)
Full details here
Sarah Wooley's adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates's novella Black Water was a richly atmospheric throwback to an era when intelligent young women were expected to simper and pout in the presence of powerful men. Loosely based on the Chappaquiddick incident of 1969 - when a car driven by Edward Kennedy crashed into a lagoon in Massachusetts, killing his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne - the drama slipped back and forth between scenes of a cocktail party seduction and the dying thoughts of the victim trapped underwater. A senseless tragedy dissected with icy restraint. Clive Davies - The Times.