In Parenthesis (Part VII) broadcast script, 1942

Item

Title

In Parenthesis (Part VII) broadcast script, 1942

Identifier

6408.cpd

Creator

Cleverdon, Douglas (1903–1987) and Jones, David (1895-1974)

Abstract

David 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.

Date

1942

Date Created

1939-01-01

Temporal Coverage

1942-11-10

Spatial Coverage

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Typescript

Type

Play

number of pages

11

Contributor

Alisa Miller and Alun Edwards

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive