Season 12

Sept. 30, 2022

The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy

On a dark, stormy Victorian night atop a Wessex hill, Shepherd and Mrs Fennel are holding a christening party at their cottage for a second-born child. Proceedings are interrupted by the consecutive arrival of three strangers...

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Aug. 17, 2022

The Plagues of Egypt

There 's nothing like a good biblical story...and this is NOTHING like a good biblical story! Mary Poppins jokes aside, this is a short story relating how Pharoah Contraraoh fared whilst trying to Make Egypt Great Again (MEGA...

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June 28, 2022

Institute, Destitute, Substitute Part 2

Talking humanity creeps into the chance encounter at the Women's Institute between uptight Lydia and the educated but impoverished itinerant Colin. Then external reality intervenes: the WI guest speaker cannot make it. Shakes...

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May 18, 2022

Institute, Destitute, Substitute Part 1

Taking shelter from the rain in a village hall somewhere in England, an educated, homeless man is confronted by Lydia, a "formidable" member of the local Women's Institute. Under threat of expulsion, he engages with the lady ...

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