CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
8310
Partner Institution:
University of Calgary
Source Collection Label:
Alden Nowlan fonds
Sub Series:
Alden Nowlan fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
There Was an Old Woman from Wexford – CBC Radio Play
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Identifiers:
[3.2.3]
Rights
Rights:
The Public Domain Mark (PDM)
CREATORS
Name:
Nowlan, Alden
Dates:
1933-1983
CONTRIBUTORS
Name:
Orenstein, Joan
Name:
Allison, Don
Name:
Tremaine, Don
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Side:
A and B
Tape Brand:
Simpsons-Sears
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Good
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Duration:
T00:36:01
Size:
65.95 MB
Dates
Date:
1963
Type:
Performance Date
Notes:
Dates supplied through research for copyright.
LOCATION
Address:
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
CONTENT
Contents:
Alden Nowlan
There Was an Old Woman from Wexford (radio play)
Notes:
Opens with singing; then host (Don Tremaine) announces production by Audio Stage 11, There Was an Old Woman from Wexford. Play specially written for this series by Alden Nowlan and based on his novel Various Persons Named Kevin O’Brien. Grandmother played by Joan Orenstein, Don Allison as narrator. Production from Halifax by Elizabeth Fox.
- Can hear crickets in the background - [particularly 00:16:50-00:17:30]
- [Ends at 00:27:50] Tremaine closes out program with full cast and production details.
- [00:29:10] cuts to television interview with female actress from The Edge of Night (soap opera)
NOTES
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