Black Betty by Walter Mosley
Dramatized for Radio by Bonnie Greer
Directed by Ned Chaillet
Executive Producer Andy Jordon
BBC Radio 4 American Noir Season
Dramatization of Black Betty by Walter Mosley published 1994.
With an Introduction by Bonnie Greer.
1961: For most black Americans, these were times of hope. For former P.I. Easy Rawlins, Los Angeles's mean streets were never
meaner...or more deadly. Ordinarily, Easy would have thrown the two bills in the sleazy shamus' face — the white man who wanted
him to find Black Betty, an ebony siren whose talent for all things rich and male took her from Houston's Fifth Ward to Beverly
Hills. There was too much Easy wasn't being told, but he couldn't resist the prospect of seeing Betty again,even if it killed
him....................
The Cast:
Easy Rawlins........................Clark Peters
Saul Lynx...........................John Gorassio
Elizabeth Eady(Black Betty).........Elide Parsons
Odel Jones..........................Dean Hill
Maudrea Jones.......................Sharon D Clarke
Sarah Kane..........................Kate Harper
Gwendoline Barnes...................Cecilia Noble
Arthur Kane.........................Gerard McDermott
Ron Hawks...........................William Roberts
Felix Landry........................Mel Taylor
Martin Williams.....................Major Wiley
Commander Stiles....................Stephen Thorne
Calvin Hodge........................Sean Baker
Raymond Alexander(Mouse)............Peter de Jersey
Jesus(Juice)........................Emil Naver
Feather.............................Christina Chew
Other Roles.........................Shirley Dixon, Robert Harper.
Directed by Ned Chaillet
source: tape recording of broadcast material
Type : mpeg 1 layer III
Bitrate : 128
Mode : stereo
Frequency : 44100 Hz
Length : 01:20:57
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