This piece which was broadcast on Sunday is now up on the internet on the
Australian Broadcasting site at
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/stories/2007/2022728.htm
For anyone interested. Blurb below.
The Afterlives of Betsy Scott by Hazel Smith (text) and Roger Dean
(sound)
The Afterlives of Betsy Scott is a sound technodrama: it interweaves
spoken text, sound and technological manipulation of voice and sound.
The work focuses on events leading up to the hanging in 1863 of
Elizabeth Scott, who was the first woman to be executed in Victoria.
Elizabeth was accused, together with her alleged co-conspirators David
Gedge and Julian Cross, of murdering her husband, Robert Scott. However
there was no direct evidence to convict Elizabeth, and there were also
mitigating circumstances. The script explores the ambiguities around the
case, and Elizabeth Scott's character, and mixes historical
documentation with fiction. Combining drama, narrative and poetry, it
moves in and out of time and between real and unreal environments.
Cast
Elizabeth Scott - Rebecca Smart
Julian Cross - Jason Chong
David Gedge - Leon Ewing
Elias Ellis - Hugh Wade
Ellen Ellis - Susan Prior
Welcomer - Maggie Dence
Newsreader - Jenny Vuletic
Sergeant Moors - Nick Franklin
The witness - Leon Ewing
Elizabeth's Mother - Jenny Vuletic
Discussant 1 - Andrew Tighe
Discussant 2 - Rhys Muldoon
Prof. Hazel Smith
Writing and Society Research Group
College of Arts (Bankstown 1.1.163)
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith South DC NSW 1797
tel: 9772 6400
email: [log in to unmask]
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