Showing posts with label Classic Literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classic Literature. Show all posts

THURSDAY April 17th at 9pm: THE SEALED BOOK

  

"tales of dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief"
THE SEALED BOOK

Description:
The sound of the great gong heralds another strange and exciting tale from... The Sealed Book.Tonight the mysteriously keeper of the book has opened the ponderous door to the secret vault wherein is kept the great Sealed Book, in which is recorded all the secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages... Here are tales of every kind, tales of murder, of madness, of dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief.

THE HANDS OF DEATH
A dark story of two brothers, one of them killed because he could not help himself. The other one was interested in murder too… but in a very different way.

THE GHOST MAKERS
The strange story of two scoundrels who would stop at nothing for money.

DEATH AT STORM HOUSE
The strange story of a beautiful woman. Whose jealousy was so great that even the grave could not give her peace.

Based on Radio Plays from the show "The Sealed Book", c. 1945




*Thematic Elements for tonight's story may include:
supernatural, ghost, mystery, murder


*Notes re: Read-a-Long & Thematic Elements
We ourselves do not provide or post text for non-Public Domain stories or books, on this blog, on our websites, YouTube channels, or other repository, except when given explicit permission from the rights holder. Read-a-Long links on this page are publicly available on the internet. Typically this information be found by a simple Google search for the title of the story. This text is in no way hosted by Storylink Radio or Seanchai Library. Please note that your storyteller may adapt the story for the intended audience, time allotted, dramatic purposes, etc. Efforts are made to remove or adapt instances of foul language from these stories before presenting. However, you may encounter such language as well as potentially disturbing thematic elements in the original text of the story if you choose to follow along with the read-a-long links. Any thematic elements in tonight's telling that we believe some audience members may find concerning are noted above under "Thematic Elements". It is our hope that audience members will find such elements to be neither extreme nor gratuitous, but rather enhancing to the story overall. We do understand that people's views and values may vary, and so while it is not our intent to provide an exhaustive nor industry compliant list of Thematic Elements of this story, we are attempting to provide a guide that we hope you may find useful if you have such concerns.

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THURSDAY November 14th at 7pm: ANTONY and CLEOPATRA - Shakespeare in story

"Make death proud to take us"
ANTONY and CLEOPATRA
William Shakespeare's play, told in story format

Mark Antony, one of three rulers of Rome, is in love with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Antony is summoned back to Rome, where he clashes with another ruler Octavius before returning to Cleopatra in Egypt. Now in battle with Octavius, Antony and Cleopatra suffer losses and miscommunication, and both eventually commit suicide. Book: Shakespeare's Stories - The Histories Authors: William Shakespeare and Beverly Birch


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THURSDAY November 7th at 7pm: JULIUS CAESAR - Shakespeare in story

"Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar! "
JULIUS CAESAR
William Shakespeare's play, told in story format

Jealous conspirators convince Caesar's friend Brutus to join their assassination plot against Caesar. To stop Caesar from gaining too much power, Brutus and the conspirators kill him on the Ides of March. Mark Antony drives the conspirators out of Rome and fights them in a battle. Brutus and his friend Cassius lose and kill themselves, leaving Antony to rule in Rome. Book: Shakespeare's Stories - The Histories Authors: William Shakespeare and Beverly Birch

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THURSDAY October 17th at 7pm: THE SEALED BOOK

"tales of dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief"
THE SEALED BOOK

Description:The sound of the great gong heralds another strange and exciting tale from... The Sealed Book.Tonight the mysteriously keeper of the book has opened the ponderous door to the secret vault wherein is kept the great Sealed Book, in which is recorded all the secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages... Here are tales of every kind, tales of murder, of madness, of dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief.

THE HANDS OF DEATH A dark story of two brothers, one of them killed because he could not help himself. The other one was interested in murder too… but in a very different way. THE GHOST MAKERS The strange story of two scoundrels who would stop at nothing for money. DEATH AT STORM HOUSE The strange story of a beautiful woman. Whose jealousy was so great that even the grave could not give her peace. Based on Radio Plays from the show "The Sealed Book", c. 1945

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THURSDAY November 16th at 7pm: GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens (part two)

"Love. Betrayal. Destiny."
GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Graveyards, poverty, prison ships and chains, and fights to the death, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil - whew!! Hold on to your hats and glasses folks, this is one wild ride! Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham , and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker. Book: Great Expectations Author: Charles Dickens

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THURSDAY November 9th at 7pm: GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens (part one)

"Love. Betrayal. Destiny."
GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Graveyards, poverty, prison ships and chains, and fights to the death, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil - whew!! Hold on to your hats and glasses folks, this is one wild ride! Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham , and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker. Book: Great Expectations Author: Charles Dickens

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THURSDAY January 26th at 7pm: An Evening with Hemingway, Tolstoi, and Saki

A squeezing of a slice of life into the narrowest of compasses
AN EVENING WITH
Hemingway, Tolstoi, and Saki

The desire to tell stories and to listen to them is one of the qualities inherent in all human nature, and the storyteller’s art is perhaps the oldest of all the arts in the world, and the best-loved. The short story is just the right length in a world of tumult and hurry… The essential quality of the short story is its economy. …here everything must show intensity of concentration, a squeezing of a slice of life into the narrowest of compasses… These stories, diverse as they are, share one thing in common: they all belong to a different time, and that is exactly what constitutes a classic—something recognizably dated, yet still works even after all those years. Tonight: 'The Killers' by Ernest Hemingway 'God Sees The Truth, But Waits' by Leo Tolstoi 'Tobermory' by Saki (H.H. Munro)
Book: A Pocket Book of Short Stories ASIN: B002EW7AMS

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"The House of Half Mirrors"
by THORAIYA DYER

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19th at 7pm: AMERICAN NOIR

AMERICAN NOIR
AMERICAN NOIR is the hard-boiled nightmare
of flawed souls with big dreams and the 
precise how and why of the all-time sure thing that goes bad.

Tonight: SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU
Fixer-bag-man Buzz Meeks is hired by both of his bosses--the multi-talented Howard Hughes and the gangster Mickey Cohen--to find, oops, the same girl whom they have both fallen madly in love with. Narrated by "Buzz" in flashback and peppered with many tales about the characters that made Los Angeles in the 1950's so incredibly interesting, and the dark nature of Tinseltown.

Book: THE BEST AMERICAN NOIR OF THE CENTURY
Authors: Various
ISBN: 9780547577449

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12th at 7pm: AMERICAN NOIR

AMERICAN NOIR
AMERICAN NOIR is the hard-boiled nightmare
of flawed souls with big dreams and the 
precise how and why of the all-time sure thing that goes bad.

Tonight offerings from:
Mickey Spilane
James M. Cain

Book: THE BEST AMERICAN NOIR OF THE CENTURY
Authors: Various
ISBN: 9780547577449

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WEDNESDAY, December 18th at 7PM: CHRISTMAS IN THE CLASSICS

Caledonia digs deep into her library and Project Gutenberg to find moments from classic bits of literature where Christmas is memorably celebrated.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, and who knows?  Maybe more!  Maaaybe, even a visit from the great green one himself!  The Grinch! Take a stroll though public domain and the holidays ... mulled wine provided. 

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