#audiodrama — JOURNAL

CONFESSIONAL: A DARKER TALE

I am to be envied. Sitting under the trees in a garden in a village in the Vendée; the heat of the day has abated a little, and it's almost apéritif time. I have always loved the Vendée:

#audiodrama, #journalJill KornApril 29, 2020#bluebeard, #barbe-bleue, #tiffauges, #joanofarc, #audiodrama

IN SEARCH OF BLUEBEARD

The Castle of Tiffauges stands at a bend in the busy D753 which runs west from Cholet, ancient town of weavers, to the salt marshes of Saint-Jean-de-Monts. It is known as Le Château de Barbe-Bleue: Bluebeard's Castle.

#audiodramaJill KornApril 28, 2020bluebeard, #bluebeard, #barbe=bleue, #tiffauges, #joanofarc, #audiodrama

GILLES AND JOAN

'Confessional' deals with the relationship, factual and imagined, between Gilles de Rais, medieval serial murderer and France's warrior-saint, Joan of Arc.

#journal, #audiodramaJill KornApril 27, 2020#gillesderais, #joanofarc, #tiffauges, #bluebeard, #audiodrama

THE BLUE BARB

In the old folk tales of the Vendée and beyond, the character of Bluebeard murdered successive wives in a gruesome chamber of his castle. Tiffauges, once the home of Gilles de Rais, is known widely as Bluebeard's castle, and the remains of a sinister double-walled keep are said to testify to his crimes of child murder.

#audiodrama, #journalJill KornApril 26, 2020#tiffauges, #bluebeard, #barbe-bleue, #gillesderais, #audiodrama

COLLABORATION

My fascination with the voice and persona of the French singer, Edith Piaf, goes back a very long way. I can remember as a child hearing her on the BBC Light Programme and being captivated even then by its plaintive, husky swoops and dips.

#audiodrama, #journalJill KornJanuary 16, 2019#edithpiaf, #littlesparrow, #WW2, #collaboration, #audiodrama