When I was in secondary school, I studied Theatre at A-Level. One of the plays that formed part of the curriculum was Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel. The play is about a group of poverty-stricken Irish women who, living in the 1930s, experience the novel wonder of having a radio.
A line from the play describes how Marconi’s voodoo transforms the kind…
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