The Colour Purple

Sony Radio Academy Silver Award 2009
Episode 1
Born into poverty and segregation - the struggle of uneducated black girl Celie in America's Deep South. Stars Nadine Marshall.

Celie:
-Main character
Age: 14 year of age at the beginning of drama
Sexuality: Straight
Gender: Female
Social class: Low
Regional accent: South American

Fanso
-Celie's Father
Age:40-50
Sexuality: Straight
Gender: Male
Social class: Low
Regional accent: South American

Celie's Mum
-Not mentioned a lot in drama. Clueless about abuse Celie is going through
Age:30-40
Sexuality:
Gender:
Social class:
Regional accent:

Nettie
- Celie's younger sister
Age: 12 (at beginning of drama)
Sexuality:  Straight
Gender:  Female
Social class: Low
Regional accent:Southern

Mister
Celie's Husband (through arranged marriage)
Age:40-50
Sexuality: Straight
Gender: Male
Social class: Middle
Regional accent:

Shug Avery
-Mister's Ex-wife
Age:30-40
Sexuality:Straight
Gender: Female
Social class: Middle
Regional accent: Southern

Hoppo

Age:30-40
Sexuality:
Gender:
Social class:
Regional accent:

Olivia
- Celie's daughter
Age:7
Gender: Female
Social class: Middle
Regional accent: N/A

Rev mister& Mrs
- Olivia's foster parents
Age:30-40
-Married
Social class: Middle
Regional accent: Southern

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Womans Hour Drama: Picnic at Hanging Rock

The radio drama i listened to was about a mysterious disappearance of one of the main characters in the drama. I found the drama slightly hard to listen to. I would have prefferd to hear more dialogue than narrative. The dialogue created a good mental image where as the narrative made the drama less interesting. This could be because the person doing the narrative was an elderly woman and this is the first radio drama i have ever listened to.

However considering the target audience is elderly women i didn't expect to enjoy the radio drama as much.