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The unsatisfying, tawdry love affairs of a high school history teacher are juxtaposed against the romantic love story of the Duke of Monmouth, the dashing and tragic hero of the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685.

Series: Work in Progress
Show Type: Monologue
Cast: Joe Frank
Air Date: 1986
Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

Category: Work in Progress.

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Series: Work in Progress
Show Type: Monologue
Cast: Joe Frank
Air Date: 1986
Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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"You don't have to close your eyes to appreciate Joe Frank's dense audio universe cascading out of your radio. It helps, though, because there are so many layers - of sound, philosophy, of reality-coursing through his dramas... Come to think of it, after awhile, you won't want to close your eyes because in Frank's short stories for the radio, the tension and pathos are as enveloping as they are intriguing... "

The Washington Post

"Although commonly categorized as radio drama, Frank's work bears very little resemblance to the stagy artifice of plays performed over air. Frank wanders deeply into the unconscious, producing Dionysian stories with a fairy-tale intensity whose effect is often funny, disturbing and deeply memorable."

Salon

"In an arena in which formats are sacrosanct, Joe Frank has charted new territory with his literate, frequently bizarre, wildly funny essays and parodies... He can be funny, poignant, serious and off the wall - sometimes within the framework of the same piece. Unique is one word to describe it. Brilliant is another."

Los Angeles Times

"Joe Frank's often bizarre scenarios for the mind are decidedly offbeat radio fare...part surreal satire, part bizarre meditation, part fever dream."

Los Angeles Daily News

"Frank wanders deeply into the unconscious, producing Dionysian stories with a fairy-tale intensity whose effect is often funny, disturbing and deeply memorable."

Salon Magazine

"[Frank] travels in the emotional landscape of Bergman and Fellini; there's a tension and sense of mystery halfway between Kafka and Chandler... and a satiric edge worthy of Firesign Theatre and Woody Allen... No one else in radio is doing what Frank does."

The Washington Post

"Joe Frank is an invaluable warrior who stands in defense of our fears, our vanities and our forever-eroding sense of ourselves. He transforms the everyday banality of the human comedy into an inspired weirdness that feeds on pathos and irony, and feels a lot like revelation. Sartre would have called it nausea; Frank makes it art."

Spin Magazine

"Frank [is] the apostle of radio noire... His free-form radio dramas... are sometimes moving, often funny, but always manage to confound the listeners' expectations. A maestro of verité, Frank exploits the power of radio..."

Rolling Stone

"I came upon Joe Frank's work by accident a number of years ago while driving to my home in the Napa Valley late at night. I couldn't believe the originality and sheer brilliance of what I was hearing. From that moment on I became a dedicated Joe Frank fan. Joe Frank's shows raise the most interesting and enduring questions in new and original ways and are consistently thought-provoking and very funny."

Francis Ford Coppola, filmmaker

"Frank has created a series of dead-pan radio monologues so sharp and intelligent that during the quiet bits you can almost hear God taking notes."

The UK Guardian

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Pretender

Series: Work in Progress

Show Type: Monologue

Cast: Joe Frank

Air Date: 1986

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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Series: Work in Progress

Show Type: Monologue

Cast: Joe Frank

Air Date: 1986

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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Pretender

Series: Work in Progress

Show Type: Monologue

Cast: Joe Frank

Air Date: 1986

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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Series: Work in Progress

Show Type: Monologue

Cast: Joe Frank

Air Date: 1986

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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