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A war on two fronts

Cpl Stan F. Miller, 3rd US marine division, fighting two of the hardest battles in his
entire life. One being the battle of Iwo Jima. A battle that lasted 37 days. A battle
that the US military underestimated greatly. Nevertheless, a battle still won. And,
the other a battle of love, commitment and faith. A battle impossible to win.

It is a single play drama, which will last around 4 to 5 minutes. It will follow a
linear, realistic narrative. The drama will follow Cpl Stan F. Miller. A marine
fighting in the battle of Iwo Jima. Sending and receiving messages from his wife,
Mary Miller back in California. From what she is telling him he builds the
suspicion that she is cheating on him with a conscientious objector, and when a
suicide mission arises, Stan volunteers and is killed in action. Sgt John J. Johnson
will narrate the drama. He was leading Stans squad into battle. Johnson came
into the acquisition of the letters Stan received and wants to know the full story.
Mary, having been brainwashed by the conscientious converter and now
boyfriend hands over the letters calling them trash. Johnson goes home to read
the letters in full so he can learn the full story.
The drama will most likely be aired on BBC radio 4, at around 8 oclock. It is a
single, linear, realist drama which will appeal to the socio economic classes of C1
and upwards. The radio drama will be most relatable to men and may appeal to
men more because of this. However, it is not strictly targeted at men and could
appeal to women as well.
https://writersguild.org.uk/wp-
content/uploads/2015/02/BBC_radio_drama_rate_card1116.pdf
For a beginners writing rate from the 1st November 2016 for 1 tx is 189.85
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/foi/classes/policies_procedures/equity_audio_agreeme
nt_2015.pdf
For actors full day for 1 tx it will cost 172 per actor. So the cost for actors in my
drama would cost 516.
The characters for the drama will be played by Harry Johnstone as Stan and Sgt
John J. Johnson and Lily Johnstone as Mary Miller.
Harry can put on two distinctive American accents and Lily has far more feminine
voice than Harry so they are easily distinguishable.
https://www.silverhammerproductions.co.uk/recording/?
gclid=CLOSv7TM89ECFYKw7QodImoNVQ
The rate of a recording studio with a sound engineer cost 300 per day.
The drama has 3 main characters. Cpl Stan F. Miller, his wife Mary Miller and Sgt
John J. Johnson. Sgt John J. Johnson as well as being in the drama is also the
narrator.
Cpl Stan F. Miller worked a simple office job before he was drafted into the army.
He lived with his wife Mary Miller, who is a housewife and their young son
Tommy. Stan was drafted into the 3rd marine division of the US military. In
February 1945 the division was deployed to take over the Japanese island of Iwo
Jima. Mary is opposed to the war and violence and dislikes Stan being in the
army. When in Iwo Jima Stan is under the command of Sgt John J. Johnson. When
he was fighting he was sending letters back and forth to his wife. During this
time his wife meets a man named Robert who also opposes the war. Robert tells
Mary what the military is like, calling them murderers. Mary tells Stan what
Robert has been saying about him and seems to start to fall for Robert. Mary
begins to show signs that she doesnt want to be with Stan. Stan notices this and
gives up. A new mission is put forward to the division which is described as a one
way ticket. Stan is killed on this mission, however he seemed different to the
Sergeant who then finds the letters that Mary had sent to Stan. As the sergeant
is discharged he then goes to visit Mary to see if he can have the letters that he
sent her to get the full story.

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