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Episode 5

As the Easter vacation looms Mrs Appleyard becomes more and more morose, and takes desperate measures to save the school from disaster.

As the Easter vacation looms, Mrs Appleyard becomes more and more morose, taking to secret drinking sessions and refusing all offers of help. Sara Waybourne is mysteriously collected from school one day by her guardian and suspicions are roused. The final discovery is both appalling and on a par with the strange unsolved mystery of the Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Narrator ..... Penny Downie
Mrs Appleyard ..... Fenella Woolgar
Mademoiselle ..... Elizabeth Boag
Mr Whitehead ..... Simon Burke
Minnie/Alice ..... Lauren St Paul
Michael ..... Nicholas Banks
Albert ..... David Palliser

Sound design: Eloise Whitmore
Original music: Jon Rose
Script editor: Helen Meller

March of the Men of Harlech played by Amanda Dalton.
Participation from Year 12 students of Springwood High, New South Wales.

Producer/Director: Polly Thomas
A Somethin' Else production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 17 Sep 2010 10:45

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  • Fri 17 Sep 2010 10:45

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