Unit III Records a Radio Play

For several weeks, Doherty Unit III students have worked on recording a murder-mystery radio play called “The Tenth Clew,” by Dashiell Hammett.

The story follows two characters who find an excess of clues regarding a recent murder. Instead of making clever deductions like in a Sherlock Holmes-esque fashion, the pair conduct a tedious investigation and must sift through the piles of evidence before them to uncover the motive and the perpetrator.

Watch the video below to see how an entrance into a police station was recorded!

After recording their lines, students used different objects like a rotary phone, heeled shoes, pens, and more, to create realistic sounds, called Foley, enriching the audience’s experience.