Written in verse, in the traditional fairy-tale style, Wendy Cope’s play looks at love and loss through Isis, a magical river girl who falls hopelessly in love with a mortal poet and begs Father Thames to free her from the river.
with Alex Jennings, Victoria Brazier, James Nickerson, David Fleeshman, Christine Brennan and James Quinn
music by Gary Yershon.
directed by Susan Roberts
BBC Radio 4
2.15pm, 30th August 2004