Black Water: An American Story

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A young writer meets a famous US Senator at a party and something goes terribly wrong.

4 Extra Debut. When Kelly, a young political writer, meets a famous US Senator at a party something goes terribly wrong. Stars Lydia Wilson.

Young political writer, Kelly, is staying with friends on an island off the coast of Maine for a Fourth of July party. 

She is surprised and delighted when a famous US Senator arrives and, over the course of an afternoon of drinking, talking and tennis, she captivates him. 

The two leave in the evening to catch the last ferry, to have dinner and spend the night together. 

But something goes terribly wrong... 

Joyce Carol Oates' gripping drama with its origins in American political history.

Adapted by Sarah Wooley from the Pulitzer-nominated novel.   

Kelly ..... Lydia Wilson
The Senator ..... Elliot Cowan
Narrator/Mother ..... Laurel Lefkow
Buffy ..... Kelly Burke
Ray ..... Chris Pavlo
Felicia/Operator ..... Emma Lau
Stacey/Woman at Party ..... Hannah Wood

Director: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2019  - to mark 50 years since the Chappaquiddick incident.

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