Tess and the Pest
Web <link> from RSS feed:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andras-forgacs
Database link:
https://anchor.fm/andras-forgacs
RSS Feed:
https://anchor.fm/s/36c57174/podcast/rss
Creator: Andras Forgacs
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
Not tagged: [Framing device] [Voices] [Maturity] [Creator demographics] [Character demographics] [Country of origin] [Transcript] [Content warnings]
Click here to update these tags.
Episodes:
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.