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Boy in darkness (Episode 13 of 29, Part 1 of 3)

Episode Title:
Boy in darkness (Episode 13 of 29, Part 1 of 3)
Series Title:
The mind's eye theatre
PRA Archive #: 
BB3818.13A
pbcoreAssetType: 
Episode
pbcoreAssetDate: 
pbcoreAssetDate (PARTIAL): 
(1968-07)?
dateType: 
created
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1968-07-20
pbcoreAssetDate (PARTIAL): 
1968-07-20
dateType: 
broadcast
Date Recorded on: 
7 Aug. 1968.
Date Broadcast on: 
WBAI, 6 Sept. 1968.
pbcoreCoverage: 
Coverage: 
1968-1969
CoverageType: 
Temporal
Station: 
WBAI
Item duration: 
00:59:55
Total duration (All reels): 
3 reels (158 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
Keywords: 
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Peake, Mervyn Laurence, 1911-1968
Science fiction
Gormenghast trilogy
Boy in darkness
Description: 

Dramatic reading of Mervyn Peake's Boy in Darkness, the second installment of Peake's Gormenghast trilogy featuring the hero Titus Groan, on WBAI's Mind's Eye Theatre. Venturing into a trackless waste from his ancestral castle, Titus falls in love with two villains, a hyena and a goat, who deliver him into the hands of one of the most blood-curdling of literary villians: a white lamb. The cast includes Sara Dalton, Cliff May, Albert Norton and Gordon Spencer, and the narrator is Mitchell Taylor. Produced by Baird Searles. Permission to use the story was granted by Mervyn Peake and the story is published by Ballantine Books. Technical director, David Rapkin; Produced and directed by Baird Searles.

This recording was formerly cataloged as BB3818.22A.

Related recordings: 
Part of the same program as
Boy in darkness (Episode 13 of 29, Part 2 of 3)
Part of the same program as
Boy in darkness (Episode 13 of 29, Part 3 of 3)
pbcoreAnnotation: 
Box notes: Archive Number WL 2680a.
Regarding the dates: this reel was created 1968-08-07 as a dub of the original, for which we do not know the creation date.
pbcoreInstantiation: 
instantiationIdentifier: 
28109_P01
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1968-08-07
instantiationDate (partial OK): 
1968-08-07
instantiationPhysical: 
1/4 inch audio tape
instantiationDimensions: 
10-1/2 inch
instantiationLocation: 
PRA Vault Shelves
instantiationDuration: 
00:59:55
instantiationGenerations: 
Master: audio
Assessment Date: 
2013-04-29
instantiationIdentifier: 
28109_P02
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
2013-08-19
instantiationDate (partial OK): 
2013-08-19
instantiationPhysical: 
CD
instantiationLocation: 
PRA Grant Cabinets
instantiationDuration: 
00:59:57
instantiationGenerations: 
Copy: access
instantiationIdentifier: 
28109_P03
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
2013-08-19
instantiationDate (partial OK): 
2013-08-19
instantiationPhysical: 
DVD
instantiationLocation: 
PRA Grant Cabinets
instantiationDuration: 
00:59:57
instantiationGenerations: 
Master: preservation
instantiationIdentifier: 
28109_D01
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
2013-08-19
instantiationDate (partial OK): 
2013-08-19
instantiationLocation: 
W:\Preserved audio files\GRAMMY 2013\GRAMMY2013_access\BB3818.13A_01
instantiationDuration: 
00:59:56
instantiationDigital: 
audio/mpeg
instantiationFileSize: 
86 319 104
instantiationGenerations: 
Copy: listening
Contributor: 
Sara Dalton
Role: 
Performer
Contributor: 
Cliff May
Role: 
Performer
Contributor: 
Albert Norton
Role: 
Performer
Contributor: 
Gordon Spencer
Role: 
Performer
Contributor: 
Mitchell Taylor
Role: 
Performer
Contributor: 
Baird Searles
Role: 
Director
Producer
Contributor: 
David Rapkin
Role: 
Technical Director
Contributor: 
Mervyn Peake
Role: 
Author
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1968.
Rights Summary: 
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Grant Tracking Information: 
Grant ID: 
Grammy 2013
Assessment Completed Date: 
2013-04-29
Box and labels scanned: 
2013-05-01
Re-labeled box (1980s)--Mylar?: 
Date tape pulled from vault (or box printed): 
2013-04-11
Possible restriction issues: 
No
Sensitive language: 
No
First level catalog completed by (Initials): 
JG
Date first level cataloging completed: 
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Date Reel Shipped: 
2013-06-05
Reel Shipping Container ID: 
1
Portable HD ID: 
BDS1
HD Receipt Date: 
2013-09-16
Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Date: 
2013-08-23
Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Initials: 
HRL
CD Receipt Box ID: 
1
CD Receipt Date: 
2013-08-22
CD plays: 
Second Level Cataloging completed Date: 
2013-08-23
Second Level Cataloging completed Initials: 
HRL
JCard Insert Date: 
2014-01-03
JCard Insert Initials: 
JG
Reel Receipt Date: 
2013-10-15
Reel Receipt Initials: 
AG
Reel Receipt Container ID: 
2
Reel Receipt Notes: 
pancake
Reels Reboxed (see tape assessment): 
Reels Rewound: 
Reel Reshelve Date: 
2014-01-06
Reel Reshelve Initials: 
JG
Production CD (copy) created: 
Reel removed for contamination: 
No
storeItem: 
Boy in darkness (Episode 13 of 29, Part 1 of 3)
Streaming Audio Link: 
Click here to listen to streaming recording
View Folio here (at Archive.org): 
WBAI Folio, July 1968, p. 16
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