The Pit and the Pendulum (Part One)

07/04/23 • 24 min

An account of the soporific and excruciating torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition.
CAST
Narrator . . . Andrew Seeary
Judges . . . Jack Emond, Barry Kay and James Wait
Choir . . . Sam Daffy, David Floyd, Jeremy Wong and Marli van der Bijl
CREATIVE TEAM
Director . . . Olivia French
Assistant Director . . . Alexandra Meerbach
Sound Editor . . . Elizabeth Bradford
Musical Director . . . Marli van der Bijl
Composer . . . Marais van den Berg
Atmospheric Music . . . yewbic from freesound.org
Theme Composer . . . Matt Shaw
Thank you for joining us for an episode of RavenMad, a Cygnet & Swan production.
Cygnet & Swan wish to acknowledge the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin nations, the Traditional Owners of the land upon which our podcast was produced. We also acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Wadawurrung people of Australia, and the Khoi-San people of Southern Africa, the Traditional Owners of the land upon which this episode was recorded. We recognise their continuing connection to the land and waterways, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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RavenMad is proudly supported by the Ballarat Arts Foundation as the grateful recipient of the 2021 Jack Anderson Film Award grant.
Cygnet & Swan wish to acknowledge the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin nations, the Traditional Owners of the land upon which our podcast was produced. We also acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Wadawurrung people, the Traditional Owners of the land upon which this episode was recorded. We recognise their continuing connection to the land and waterways, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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The Pit and the Pendulum (Part Two)

A prisoner trapped in the depths of Toledo, sentenced by the Spanish Inquisition. Will he survive their torture, or perhaps he will succumb to despair first?
Thank you for joining us for an episode of RavenMad, a Cygnet & Swan production.
CREATIVE TEAM
Director . . . Olivia French
Assistant Director . . . Alexandra Meerbach
Sound Editor . . . Elizabeth Bradford
Musical Director . . . Marli van der Bijl
Composer . . . Marais van den Berg
Choir . . . Sam Daffy, David Floyd, Jeremy Wong and Marli van der Bijl
Atmospheric Music . . . yewbic from freesound.org
Composer . . . Matt Shaw
CAST
Narrator . . . Andrew Seeary
Cygnet & Swan wish to acknowledge the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin nations, the Traditional Owners of the land upon which our podcast was produced. We also acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Wadawurrung people of Australia, and the Khoi-San people of Southern Africa, the Traditional Owners of the land upon which this episode was recorded. We recognise their continuing connection to the land and waterways, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.