[78-L] Tennyson & Edison

[umashankar]

i have heard a cylinder recording of tennyson reciting 'tears, idle tears' on the bbc - must be forty years ago or more.
 
umashankar

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>is the title of an upcoming program on BBC-3, this coming Sunday evening 
>at 20:30, BBC time. Not sure what that is in Houston (about 2.30 pm I 
>think) but should be archived and available for listening for 7 days.
>
>See here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jg8nm
>
>Fiction, but based on reality? Did Alfred, Lord Tennyson record a 
>cylinder for Thomas? Did he intend to?
>
>It would be interesting to hear that recording before hearing this drama.
>
>From the BBC-3 website:
>
>DURATION: 1 HOUR, 30 MINUTES
>Alfred Lord Tennyson (RICHARD JOHNSON) spent half a century mourning his 
>college pal Arthur Hallam. And laboured for decades on an epic poetic 
>tribute to him. So, in DAVID POWNALL's wry comedy, when inventor and 
>businessman Thomas Edison (TOBY STEPHENS) - a very different kind of 
>genius - asks Tennyson for a short poem to promote his new phonograph, 
>there can only be one choice.
>
>Lord Alfred Tennyson ..... Richard Johnson
>Thomas Edison ..... Toby Stephens
>Emily and Queen Victoria ..... Sian Thomas
>Steigler ..... Sam Alexander
>Arthur ..... Carl Prekopp
>Hallam ..... Patrick Brennan
>Sheela Na Gig ..... Tracy Wiles
>Verger ..... Robert Blythe
>
>Directed by Peter Kavanagh
>-- 
>Joe Salerno
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