Burke & Hare

This is the story of the infamous nineteenth-century Scottish grave robbers who weren't Scottish and didn't rob graves. They were actually Irish, and as robbing graves to supply the needs of Edinburgh's anatomists proved to be rather hard work, they just took to murdering people-usually their neighbors-for profit. In collaboration with their common-law wives, they set about supplying corpses for Dr. John Knox, an eminent Scottish surgeon, with considerable enthusiasm and gusto. The play follows their business exploits from small beginnings, through their days of peak output, and on to the final reckoning-set against a world that is becoming recognizably modern.

About the Author

Terry Newman is a former medical research scientist who came into scriptwriting via comedy writing for the BBC and Channel 4. This part-time interest developed into a full-fledged occupation and he finally hung up his microscope for good in 2004. Since then he has written extensively, both drama and comedy, for film, television, radio, and online media throughout the world.The Wireless Theatre Company is an award-winning radio drama group based in London. Their talented team of actors, directors, and writers hail from some of England's most prestigious theatrical institutions, including the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, the East 15 Acting School, and London's West End theater district. Their original and innovative radio plays have included such notable English actors as Stephen Fry, Abi Titmuss, Brian Blessed, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, Jo Brand, and Nicholas Parsons. Their studio and live radio drama productions cover all genres, including mystery, comedy, drama, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and thrillers.Robert Valentine is a writer, director, and producer whose Wireless Theatre credits include directing all nine episodes of the award-winning Springheel Saga series, as well as Burke and Hare, Kindred and Crooker's Kingdom. Outside of Wireless, his credits include directing the original production of Frozen at the Etcetera Theatre, cowriting The Night of the Hellhound: LIVE! and working on LOST Theatre's 2015 revival of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem. Valentine also lectures in voice-reel preparation for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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