Script for a broadcast of 'The Passionate Pilgrim' and 'The Phoenix and Turtle'
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The script for a broadcast for BBC Radio 3, recorded on 6 Sep 1976, of the poems from The Passionate Pilgrim and the poem The Phoenix and the Turtle , attributed to William Shakespeare. The poems were read by Ralph Richardson and the broadcast was produced by Charles Lefeaux.
The script for a broadcast for BBC Radio 3 for transmission on 18 Aug 1978 of a selection of Andrew Marvell's poems to celebrate the tercentenary of his death. The poems were read by Ralph Richardson, compiled by Charles Lefeaux, and the broadcast was produced by Bennett Maxwell.
Script proposal for a television show about the history of tennis
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A copy of the proposed script for an hour long television documentary programme entitled The Real Game of Tennis and produced by James Wotton Limited. The proposal is addressed to Sir Ralph Richardson in the hope he would host and present the programme.
A selection of undated scripts for poems and stories probably to be read by Ralph Richardson for radio broadcasts. This folder contains: The Stream's Song by Lascelles AbercrombeThe Nurse's Song by William Blakean extract from The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carrollan adaptation of The Heart ...
A copy of the script of readings and music for an evening of entertainment devised by Sir Kenneth Clark and Robert Gittings entitled John Keats (1795-1821) An Impression in Poetry, Prose and Music.The readings were performed by John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Irene Worth.
This folder contains: a booklet containing the essay An Art Historian’s Apology (1971) written by Kenneth Clark on receipt of Cosmo Club Award, with a handwritten dedication to Ralph and Mua copy of the book An Introduction to Rembrandt (1978) by Kenneth Clark, with a handwritten dedication Fro...
Ruskin Today' by Kenneth Clark and 'Lawrence Richardson Selected Correspondence
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This folder contains: a copy of the book Ruskin Today (1964) by Kenneth Clark, annotated at the front Ralph Richardson 1965 - Letter from author attached! Pasted into the front cover of this volume is a letter to Ralph Richardson from Kenneth Clark, dated 30 Apr 1965, regarding a fan letter from...
'Madam Bovary' by Gustave Flaubert, 'An Actor and His Time' by John Gielgud and an essay by Patrick Garland
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This folder contains:a copy of the book Madam Bovary by Gustave Flaubert enclosing a postcard from John Osborne to Ralph Richardson, dated 8 Oct 1971, thanking him for a gift of some necktiesa copy of an essay entitled A Man Whose Disapproval One Would Least Like to Have by Patrick Garland about ...
A copy of the book An Artist & the Pope (1969) by Curtis Bill Pepper with a handwritten note on the first page "What the Butler Saw March 69" probably indicating the play Ralph was performing when he read it This folder also contains the following documents which had been slipped into the vol...