Album UK on The Spoken Word label
Spoken Word (Spoken Word, Radioplay)
Four 33-1/3 Microgrove Long Play Records from BBC Transcriptions From the liner notes on the inside of the box (repeated on the enclosed order slip): Unabridged from the immortal Chaucer's Canterbury Tales translated into modern English verse by Nevill Coghill, with some short passages from the as they would have sounded in Chaucer's time. These dramatized productions featuring outstanding stars of British Stage and Radio and which lose none of the charm and lilt of Chaucer's original verse, were made originally for the British Broadcasting Corporation's Third Programme in 1949. They rank among the most successful literary productions ever achieved by the British Broadcasting Corporation. These literary masterpieces have been broadcast in the U.S. and other parts of the world with great critical acclaim from both press and public. The Spoken Word Inc. is prod to offer them for the first time in LP records. ... The Nevill Coghill translation of The Canterbury Tales is published by Penguin Books, Baltimore, Maryland. The Spoken Word Inc. 10 East 39 Street New York 16, N.Y. Includes order slip to purchase the box set by mail for $20 US.
Geoffrey Chaucer , 1343-1400 GB album by | |
Nevill Coghill translated by, read by | |
Cecil Trouncer , voice actor | |
Betty Hardy , voice actor | |
Carlton Hobbs , voice actor | |
Deryck Guyler , 1914-1999 GB voice actor | |
Graeme Malcolm , voice actor | |
Heron Carvic , voice actor | |
James McKechnie , voice actor | |
Arthur Young voc, tr, voice actor | |
Basil Jones , voice actor | |
Ian Catford , voice actor | |
Robert Marsden , voice actor | |
Robert Mawdesley , voice actor | |
Ronald Simpson , read by | |
Denise Bryer voc, *1928 GB voice actor | |
Martin Starkie , voice actor |
Stephen Potter producer |
Geoffrey Chaucer |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Prologue | Geoffrey Chaucer | ||
2 | Prologue (Continued) | Geoffrey Chaucer | ||
3 | The Monk's Tale & The Nun's Priest's Tale | Geoffrey Chaucer | ||
4 | The Monk's Tale & The Nun's Priest's Tale (Continued) | Geoffrey Chaucer | ||
5 | The Reve's Tale & The Manciple's Tale | Geoffrey Chaucer | ||
6 | The Reve's Tale & The Manciple's Tale (Continued) | Geoffrey Chaucer | ||
7 | The Man Of Law's Preamble And Tale | Geoffrey Chaucer | ||
8 | The Man Of Law's Preamble And Tale (Continued) | Geoffrey Chaucer |