Inside the Issue “I Don’t Do Innocents: A Radio Play in One Act” by Anne Carson

A special production of Anne Carson’s “I Don’t Do Innocents," which first appeared in issue no. 253 (Fall 2025). Produced by Complicité for The Paris Review , directed by Simon McBurney, and featuring Carson herself reading the stage directions, this radio play takes place during a wedding party as the bride’s younger sister eavesdrops from the roof through a drainpipe. I Don’t Do Innocents Written by Anne Carson. Directed by Simon McBurney. Sound design by Benjamin Grant. Music composed by Josh Sneesby. Produced by Tim Bell with Rima Dodd. Company: Thomas Arnold, Annabel Arden, Emma Corrin, Tamzin Griffin, Richard Katz, Finn Deutsch Kelly, Simon McBurney, and Sarah Slimani. Stage directions read by Anne Carson. Carson’s radio play can be read online at: .

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This episode was published on Mar 4, 2026.

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