Re: [ARSCLIST] recordings of George Orwell

["Prentice, Will" <Will.Prentice@xxxxx>]

The British Library Sound Archive looked for anything at all by Orwell for
potential inclusion in our "Spoken Word - Writers" CD, but drew a blank.

Will



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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Warren [mailto:richard.warren@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 June 2004 18:45
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] recordings of George Orwell

Hi all,

I've never encountered nor heard of any.

Best, Richard

At 07:45 AM 6/17/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Like most folks, I've long heard that there are no extant audio recordings
of
>George Orwell.  We certainly haven't been able to locate any.  I'd be
grateful
>to hear thoughts from list members about whether this is accurate or the
stuff
>of legend.
>
>-Don
>
>Don Share, Ph.D.
>Curator, Woodberry Poetry Room
>Lamont Library
>Harvard University
>Cambridge, MA 02138
>Telephone: (617) 495-2454
>Fax:       (617) 496-3692
>E-mail:    share@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Website for policies and schedule of events:
>http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/departments/poetry.html


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