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Tess and the Pest



Historical Standalone Audio Drama


Synopsis:

Tess and the Pest is a three-act comedic play based on the true story of Esther Simpson’s friendship with Nobel prize-winning physicist Leo Szilard. Tess - as her friends call her - arrives in London in the mid-1930s to join the Academic Assistance Council, which is in dire need of a competent hand. As the Nazis are purging Germany for dissenters and Jews, Tess also has to deal with the resistance of pre-war Britain to welcome the refugees - personified in the play by the proprietor of The Daily Mail Viscount Rothermere through his personal private secretary William Outhwaite.


Format: Audio Drama

Continuity: Standalone

Genres: Historical

Completion status: Finished

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Episodes:

Tess and the Pest

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 11:48:49 GMT

Tess and the Pest is a three-act comedic play based on the true story of Esther Simpson’s friendship with Nobel prize-winning physicist Leo Szilard. Tess - as her friends call her - arrives in London in the mid-1930s to join the Academic Assistance Council, which is in dire need of a competent hand to help displaced German scientists. As the Nazis are purging Germany for Jews and other dissenters, Tess also has to deal with the resistance of pre-war Britain to welcome the refugees - personified in the play by the proprietor of The Daily Mail Viscount Rothermere through his personal private secretary William Outhwaite.


Cast: 


Tamara Ritthaler - Tess Simpson

Dan March - Walter Adams/Matthews, head of the tribunal

Mihály Szabados - Leo Szilard

Margaréta Szabó - Gisela Peiser

Nigel Thomas - Max Perutz

Tom Knight - William Outhwaite

Christopher Presswell - Simpkins


Sound mix by Nick Desmond.


Written by András Forgács W.

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