A novel-in-progress by Deena Metzger dramatized for radio by Everett Frost. The work is a feminist testament to the attempt by women to join inner to outer experience so as to overcome a world conditioned by murder, rape, death, cancer and madness. The drama focuses on four women – Diana, the writer; Arda, the witness; Ana, the survivor; and Alma, the silent history – who become the voices of voiceless women, making desperate conversations and writing letters which keep them alive. Partially financed by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Cast: Narrator: Candace De Puy. Diana: Maureen McIlroy. Ana: Naomi Pollack. Alma: Judy Chaikin. Erick: Ray Tatar. Juan: Mike Hodel. Arda: Eve Brenner. Miguel: Ray Tatar. Male voices: Ray Tatar, Mike Hodel, Everett Frost. Producer/director: Everett Frost. Assistant producer/director: Leni Isaacs. Technical director and recording: Peter E. Sutheim. Music performed and arranged by Cantucha: Carol Clary, Cindy Harding, Margaret Towner. Special thanks to the people who made this recording possible, among them: Mary Mann, Faith Wilding, Ricki Arnold, Mercedes Everett.
The Book of hags / by Deena Metzger ; adapted and directed by Everett Frost.
PRA Archive #:
BC2920
Date Recorded On:
ca. 1976.
Date Broadcast On:
KPFK, 27 May 1976.
Item Duration:
Total Duration (All Reels):
2 reels (130 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Availability Notice:
This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
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- PRA Archive #: BC2920
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- Program: The Book of hags / by Deena Metzger ; adapted and directed by Everett Frost.
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RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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- Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1976.
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- Performer: Candace de Puy
- Performer: Maureen McIlroy
- Performer: Naomi Pollack
- Performer: Judy Chaikin
- Performer: Ray Tatar
- Performer: Mike Hodel
- Performer: Eve Brenner
- Musician: Carol Clary
- Performer: Leni Isaacs
- Engineer: Peter Sutheim
- Performer: Cindy Harding
- Performer: Margaret Towner
- Author: Deena Metzger