Girlfriend in a Coma, by Douglas Coupland
Sunday 24 February 2008 20:00-21:30 (Radio 3)
The first radio adaptation of a book by Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X and Microserfs, dramatised by Sony award-nominated Dan Rebellato.
The date is 15 December 1979. Karen Ann McNeill goes into a deep coma after a teen party and remains in it until 1997. When she wakes up, the voices in her head keep telling her the world is about to end, but Karen doesn't believe them.
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist:
Jared ...... Florian Hutter
Karen ...... Rayisa Kondracki
Wendy ...... Maggie Blake
Richard ...... Jason Durran
Hamilton ...... Simon Lee Phillips
Pamela ...... Heather Dann
Doctor ...... Peter Marinker
Megan ...... Julia Summer
Gloria ...... Buffy Davis
Music composed by Alice Trueman
