Stoppard’s “Dark Side” Radio Play Airs
Playwright Tom Stoppard’s new radio play, based on the landmark Pink Floyd album “The Dark Side of the Moon,” airs today on BBC Radio 2 at 5 pm eastern time. (Click hear to listen.) The audio drama, which incorpoprates music from the album, features Iwan Rheon and Amaka Okafor as the two leads, as well as Bill Nighy and Rufus Sewell. Billed as a “fantastical and psychedelic” story, the hour-long piece celebrates the 40th anniversary release of the rock album. It is billed as a dramatic examination of the album’s themes of “conflict, greed and madness” that “takes listeners on a journey through their imaginations.”
