蜜芽传媒

Recycled and restaged - this is a collection of short stories written by Saki (HH Munro).

They're now set in a modern-day gated-community for the far-too-wealthy for their own good.

The tales are woven together by the character of Clovis, a security guard. She recalls the events of strange days and long nights.

When Conrad de Ropp Snr is given 'gardening leave' from his bank, his time at home coincides with his adopted ten-year-old son's (Conrad Jnr) school holiday.

It's a sobering time, mainly because Conrad Snr had almost forgotten the boy existed. Snr thinks Jnr spends far too much time on his own in the garden.

He's occupying himself in the shed, and Snr wonders if the boy has found himself an unhealthy habit. But it's not sexual, it's religious. Jnr has got himself an idol.

To anyone else it's just a pet ferret, but to little Conrad it's Sredni Vashtar, a vengeful, merciless god. He loves it.

He worships it in secret, and he prays each day it will rid him of Conrad Snr.

Dramatised by Sean Grundy.

Clovis ...... Pippa Haywood
De Ropp ...... Rupert Vansittart
Conrad ...... Olly Bell
Jeff the Man ...... Malcolm Hamilton
Inge ...... Amy Clifton

Director: Alison Crawford.

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in June 2011.

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