Episode 1
Who was Mazie Phillips? A documentarian in search of a good story resolves to find out after her diary is discovered. The Phillips girls hit New York, and Mazie is unstoppable.
More than 90 years after Mazie Phillips - the proprietress of famed New York City movie theatre, the Venice - began her diary, it is discovered by a documentarian in search of a good story.
So who was Mazie Phillips? Diary extracts, interwoven with voices from past and present, paint a picture of her adventurous life - played out during the Jazz Age, when romance and booze were aplenty. But the Great Depression looms.
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The Phillips girls hit New York. Mazie is unstoppable.
Written by Jami Attenberg - author of a story collection, Instant Love, and three novels, The Kept Man, The Melting Season, and The Middlesteins, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction. She has also contributed essays and criticism to The New York Times, Real Simple, Elle, The Washington Post, and many other publications. Jami lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Abridged by Jeremy Osborne
Produced by Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Mazie Phillips | Samantha Spiro |
| Reader | Kerry Shale |
| Reader | Teresa Gallagher |
| Author | Jami Attenberg |
| Abridger | Jeremy Osborne |
| Producer | Karen Rose |
Broadcast
- Mon 15 Jun 201522:45BBC Radio 4
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