I Wanted to Be Useful was
written by Thomas Oléron Evans and is my first experience with UCLU’s Radio
Drama-making. It’s the seemingly simple
story of Garry Martins (Rob Beale), killed in a car accident on 16 February
2012, and taken to the corporate, bureaucratic headquarters of (St.) Peter
(Stuart Moss) in some (simulation of?) the bucolic English countryside. Like many of those who have found themselves
knocking at Heaven’s door, Garry is being taken to account for his life. Did he live it with some spark of genius that
qualifies him for ascending to Heaven?
What does he need to say to convince the rather smarmy and
quota-obsessed Peter that “being useful” is enough toward the criteria of
having lived a good life? It’s an enjoyable
and thought-provoking piece.
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