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In Parenthesis (Part VII) broadcast script, 1942

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AuthorCleverdon, Douglas (1903–1987) and Jones, David (1895-1974)
TitleIn Parenthesis (Part VII) broadcast script, 1942
NotesDavid Jones' poem 'In Parenthesis' was adapted for the wireless (radio) by Douglas Cleverdon and was to be broadcast on the BBC Home Service on Armistice Day 1939, but all schedules were cancelled after the outbreak of the Second World War. This shortened version was rehearsed in 1942 for broadcast on 10th November, but this too was cancelled to make way for the broadcast of Winston Churchill's 'The End of the Beginning' speech (delivered at The Lord Mayor's Luncheon, Mansion House, London November 10th 1942). The first performance had to wait until November 1946.
Item Date1942
Creation placeUnknown
File typeCompound Object
Item sourceFolio
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumTypescript
ContentPlay
Collection IDDavid Jones Papers LP5/1
Repository nameNational Library of Wales
Repository address
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
Wales
SY23 3BU
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=3239
CataloguerAlisa Miller and Alun Edwards
CopyrightThe National Library of Wales / The David Jones Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/6180