[Milton-L] Recitations of PL

[Horace Jeffery Hodges]

John Basinger has memorized the entire 12 books, but I've yet to finish watching the entire performance. (My listening pleasure was interrupted by a faulty DVD, and by the time the replacement arrived, my busy semester had begun.) Basinger's DVD is from a performance given in 2001, if I recall, and he occasionally refers to the book to jog his memory, but the book works fine as a sort of prop in the performance.
 
I intend to finish watching soon and blog on the performance.
 
Jeffery Hodges

--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Angelica Duran <duran0 at purdue.edu> wrote:

From: Angelica Duran <duran0 at purdue.edu>
Subject: [Milton-L] Recitations of PL
To: "John Milton Discussion List" <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 1:31 PM


Dear scholars,

I am finishing up a paper on oral readings of Paradise Lost.  I have enough but I would like to be as comprehensive as possible. Please contact me off-list if you know of or have participated in the following: 



recitations from memory of Paradise Lost.  I know of the following:
• Ku Hung-Ming (1857–1928) per the MQ article by Tianhu Hao
• John Basinger’s DVD of his performed recitation from memory
(There is a subcategory of “recitation” advertised on DVDs and CDS where I cannot ascertain if the recitation is from memory or “read” -- there seems to be a variable meaning of “recitation.”
• Terrance Lindall
• Anton Lesser 

2. readings of Paradise Lost. I woud like to fill in the following categories:

• College classes: Jameela Lares; Mario DiCesare; Angelica Duran
• high school classes: Tim Strzechowski at Argo Community High School in Summit, Illinois; Greg Lowe at Collins Hill High School in suburban Atlanta
•  church or community groups, exclusive of 400 year anniversary cultural events, such as Christ's College Cambridge podcast its all day reading of October 23, 2008 Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio, Faculty of English, which are easy to find.  I AM REALLY LOOKING FOR SOME OF THESE.  Someone at the last Murfreesboro Conference gave me a program for the regular marathon she coordinates but I cannot find it.

Many thanks.

Adios,

Angelica Duran
Associate Professor
English and Comparative Literature
Purdue University
500 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
USA
(765) 496-3957
<duran0 at purdue.edu>
<http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/directory/?personid=80>


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