STAFF REPORT
CANTON, Mo. â Bowling Greenâs Trevor Pruitt will be among cast members in the Culver-Stockton College Theatre Departmentâs two upcoming radio dramas, which were first presented in the 1940s and 1950s.
The first radio drama is âCarmillaâ, one of the early works of vampire fiction coming from a 19th century story by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu. It was adapted by Lucille Fletcher, perhaps the most accomplished suspense/horror radio writer of her era with âSorry,â âWrong Numberâ and âThe Hitchhikerâ among her classics. The first broadcast of âCarmillaâ was on The Columbia Workshop on July 28, 1940.
The second play is an original script by Richard Thorne called âThe Shadow Peopleâ, which is about a woman haunted by mysterious people living in the shadows. Loosely based on âThe Horla,â Guy De Maupassantâs late 19th century horror story, âThe Shadow Peopleâ was originally br