The Dark Tower - Louis MacNeice - Richard Burton (1956)

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  • Honoured Guest
    • Sep 2024

    The Dark Tower - Louis MacNeice - Richard Burton (1956)

    Lunchtime treat today on 4 Extra (Sun 10 Aug 2014 at 13:30)
  • mercia
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8920

    #2
    ....... and music by Britten

    I enjoyed yesterday's archive programme about MacNeice
    Last edited by mercia; 10-08-14, 11:47.

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    • PJPJ
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 1461

      #3
      Splendid stuff.

      And there's Emlyn Williams' The Corn is Green with Burton, too.

      The Corn is Green

      Which part did Leo McKern play in the The Dark Tower? A cast-character list would have been helpful.

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      • french frank
        Administrator/Moderator
        • Feb 2007
        • 29893

        #4
        Originally posted by frankwm
        For reasons best-known to the BBC they don't show a link to the original 1946 production - here (another marvellous post-war production):
        http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03kpwv9
        Probably didn't know they had it?
        It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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        • mercia
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 8920

          #5
          so is the same Britten music used in each ? I think they dug out the '46 version for Britten Weekend (and the '56 version for the Burton Fest). What else is lurking in the archives ?
          Last edited by mercia; 12-08-14, 05:53.

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