Graeme Fife

work

  1. Elias Howe

    BBC 3

    Dramatic monologue about the inventor of the sewing machine.

  2. Thirty Stories, Monologues and Duologues

    BBC 4

    About composers, from Tartini to Rachmaninov, Beethoven to Berlioz, Gluck to Stravinsky.

  3. Snipe 607

    BBC 4

    Play for Fear on Four.

  4. Earth to Earth

    BBC 4

    Dramatisation of the short story by Robert Graves.

  5. Vivaldi

    BBC 4

    Two-part dramatised biography of the Red Priest.

  6. The Whisper of the Axe

    BBC 4

    Drama about the French Revolution.

  7. *Arthur the King

    BBC 4

    Cycle of seven plays Paul Scofield as Merlin.

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  8. La Mogador

    Bizet and the real-life archetype of Carmen.

  9. The March of the Ten Thousand

    Dramatised version of Xenophon’s Anabasis.

  10. *The Misfortune at Seaham

    Dramatised account of the colliery disaster of 1880.

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  11. A Breath of Fresh Air

    Drama: the life and death of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier.

  12. Pearls Go with Pearls

    Play based on classic Indian drama. (Script consultant)

  13. Godslots

    Five dramatic sketches about the Olympian gods and goddesses.

  14. Surviving Wagner

    Dramatic monologues, with sound and music for three Wagnerian heroines.

  15. *St Cecilia of Sicilia

    comic fantasy for virtuoso actor, Edward de Souza

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  16. WILF

    Morning Story.

  17. Cat’s Whiskers

    Six short comic confections for children.

  18. The Figaro Letters

    Imaginary correspondence for the principals in Mozart’s opera.

  19. The Athenian Trireme

    Recorded and compiled by me; I also rowed in the boat.

  20. Doggett’s Coat and Badge

    About the oldest sporting race in continuous competition.

  21. Revolutionary Portraits

    Five leading characters from the French Revolution, portraits compiled and translated from contemporary documents.

  22. The Night Stairs

    For Between the Ears.

  23. *Timbuktu: Drowning in Sand

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  24. Vegetarian Cyclists

    For the Food Programme.

  25. Pause for Thought

    Radio 2

    Some 100 scripts so far for Radio 2.

  26. Bikesongs

    Interval talk: composers, bicycles and cycles of music.

  27. Bicycle Music

    Radio 4

    R4 feature.

  28. The Fighting Temeraire

    Radio 4

    The Battle and the Breeze, R4 Feature

  29. Saint-Saens, Samson et Dalila and the Lost Glory

    Radio 3

    Concert interval talk for R3.