DramaSorry, Wrong Number (Lucille Fletcher); Sorry, Right Number (Stephen King); The Hitchiker (Lucille Fletcher)

• Pick up a playbook from the back table and your composition book. IF you want to have a part in the play, write your name beside the character on the board.

• Turn to page 3 and begin reading The Preface to “Sorry, Wrong Number.”

• When you finish reading: In your composition books, answer the following questions:

1. How is this play supposed to be performed (tv, radio, movies, on stage, etc.)?

2. What types of sounds should be included?

3. What are some ways in which Fletcher wants this to be performed? (These are known as her stipulations.)

Family Radio

Old Radio Shows

• Suspense Radio Series: http://www.myoldradio.com/old-radio-shows/suspense

Information about SUSPENSE

• Berne Surrey provides sound effects for Agnes Moorehead in the Suspense production of "Sorry, Wrong Number."

• http://www.radiohorrorhosts.com/suspense.html

“Sorry, Wrong Number”

• Listen to “Sorry, Wrong Number” http://www.escape-suspense.com/2008/11/suspense---sorry-wrong-number.html

• Pick up a “Sorry, Right Number” and your composition book from the back table.

• In your composition book: What are some things you notice that are different from “Sorry, Wrong Number”? What about the stage directions? Write 5-8 sentences.

Stephen King

• American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy.

• It, The Body, Shawshank

Redemption, Carrie, Cujo• Written more than fifty novels and

Over 200 short stories.

“Sorry, Right Number”

• Listen to the teleplay:• http://

stephenking.com/library/audiobook/sorry_right_number_and_other_stories.html