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Sc.04: Wood's Hole - A Phonecall

Series: Splendor and Death of Porfirio Rubirosa (fulgor y muerte de Porfirio Rubirosa)
From: Christian Baskous
Length: 00:01:06

A message from a phonebooth in Anatolia... Read the full description.
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Also in the Splendor and Death of Porfirio Rubirosa (fulgor y muerte de Porfirio Rubirosa) series

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Sc.12: Epilogue (00:01:23)
From: Christian Baskous

Omar and Kiki Go Home
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Sc.11: Sanctuary / Ruby Ascends (00:09:29)
From: Christian Baskous

Woody and Rubi Meet
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Sc.10: The Hobo Jungle (00:01:44)
From: Christian Baskous

Woody Mezmer Visits a Hobo Jungle
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Sc.09: Constantinople (00:02:29)
From: Christian Baskous

Porfirio Rubirosa Visits the Holy City of Byzantium
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Sc.08: Woody's Bus Ride (00:01:18)
From: Christian Baskous

Woody Sees America
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Sc.07: The Desert (00:02:34)
From: Christian Baskous

A Trek Through the Anatolian Desert
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Sc.06: Woody Hits the Road (the YMCA) (00:05:13)
From: Christian Baskous

Woody Mezmer visits the YMCA in Chicopee, Mass.
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Sc.05: The Road to New Rome (00:02:10)
From: Christian Baskous

Porfirio Rubirosa awakens in the bottom of a leaky boat...
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Sc.03: The Sewers of Paris (00:01:43)
From: Christian Baskous

Porfirio Rubirosa makes a watery passage through the Paris sewer.
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Sc.02: At the Lab (00:01:56)
From: Christian Baskous

Crisis in Wood's Hole... Woody sets out on his adventure...

Piece Description

Impresario, remittance-man, purveyor of antiquities Fred Peck-Ouissey calls long distance, attempts to enlist Woody Mesmer's help for a special acquisition project...

Broadcast History

This piece played on WOMR in fall of 2003 and since then on many other community, freeform and college stations in the U.S. and Canada. It has been serialized on WBAI, KPFA and WUSM and featured on other stations too numerous to mention.

Timing and Cues

Suggested intro: "This is the first scene of an original, demented voiceplay written and produced in 2003 by Christian Baskous, entitled "Splendor and Death of Porfirio Rubirosa / fulgor y muerte de Porfirio Rubirosa"..."

Related Website

http://www.porfiriorubirosa.net/