Bewitched
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Prudence Rutledge is terrified. She sits in her isolated New England farmhouse, fearing that her husband is stepping out on her. Seems like Saul has been seen down at the pond, meeting up with a young woman named Ora Brand. Trouble is, Ora Brand has been dead for over a year.
In her short story Bewitched, Edith Wharton lures you into the ghostly heart of New England, circa 1926. It’s a time when ghosts roam the barren hills, and horror stalks the lonely inhabitants with devastating results.
This new adaptation of Bewitched is underscored with music and sound effects that plunge you deeper into those bewitched New England souls.
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Edith Wharton (1862–1937) is the author the novels The Age of Innocence and Old New York, both of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She was the first woman to receive that honor. In 1929 she was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction. She was born in New York and is best known for her stories of life among the upper-class society into which she was born. She was educated privately at home and in Europe. In 1894 she began writing fiction, and her novel The House of Mirth established her as a leading writer.
Barbara Barnes is a Canadian actress living in the UK. She has been in many BBC radio dramas including The Wizard of Oz, Anne of Green Gables, The Big Sleep, Valley of the Dolls, Tales of the City, Daisy Miller, The Amateur Marriage and recently an adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride. A Slipping Down Life, The Historian, Into the Abyss, and Foreign Affairs are among those she has recorded for BBC’s A Book At Bedtime. Audiobook recordings include Helpless, Boy, Snow, Bird, The Last Days of Summer, and The Blue Castle. As well as working extensively in theatre, Barbara’s film and TV appearances include Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery and Poirot: Murder in Mesopotamia.
