The story of a young man and his family, an old man and his town. Harry Lyman Sims is the unofficial bard of Hallam, a town east of San Francisco with a long, deep past buried beneath a development so bright and shining and inexorable no history can be seen or heard. As Sims says, "There has come a time when fewer and fewer people can tell the difference between knowledge and news. That is the time to tell a story -- about people in a place, at a certain time, trying to recover from the dislocations of life lived through the filters of expectation and regret." Commissioned by NEW AMERICAN RADIO.
More William MorelockBiographyWILLIAM MORELOCK (Minneapolis, MN ) a producer and classical music host at KWSU-FM in Pullman, Washington from 1982 to 1987, when he was appointed to the newly established position of arts programming coordinator. Incorporating features on arts and entertainment into his classical music show, Morelock developed what can now be heard as "Bob and Bill" -- a daily National Public Radio program produced by Minnesota Public Radio, where "Bill" now works. Morelock has produced five works for NEW AMERICAN RADIO: Sim's Serenade (1992), Short Summer in Longhurst (1992), Pruning (1991), Saturday, Late in the Twentieth Century (1990), and Proposition Four (1989).Other Radio WorksShort Summer in Longhurst (1992)Four young people in search of a comedy of manners get caught up in a succession of plot conventions and verbal repartees straight out of S.N. Behrman or Philip Barry. Set on the estate of lumber baron R. George Fellows, the play follows the no-nonsense Laura, slothful Tom, the skeptical and exquisitely bored Regis, and sweet little rich girl Winnie as they come to terms with their meaning as characters in a world perpetually in love and perpetually at odds with privilege. A meddlesome Chorus encourages, censures, supports, chides, and occasionally calls up the characters in the midst of the action to give unsolicited advice. Commissioned by NEW AMERICAN RADIO. Pruning
(1991) Commissioned by NEW AMERICAN RADIO. Saturday,
Late in the Twentieth Century (1990) Commissioned by NEW AMERICAN RADIO. Proposition
Four (1989) Commissioned by NEW AMERICAN RADIO. |