Many a playwright owes a debt to a radio commission. Audio drama allows an ambition and scope that can't always be achieved on stageEarlier this week, at the Critics' Circle theatre awards, Charlene James was named most promising playwright for Cuttin' It, her devastating drama about female genital mutilation. But before it made it on to the stage, James's play was heard on radio. It was a winner at the 2016 BBC Audi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM on February 2, 2017