Something about women / read by Eleanor Sully; produced by Sue Blumenberg

PRA Archive #:

BB2799

Variations on themes from Virginia Woolf, read by Eleanor Sully with the musical support of diverse poets and performers. Co-produced by Eleanor Sully and Sue Blumenberg. Excerpts from “A room of one’s own” by Virginia Woolf, “She wept, she railed” a poem by Stanley Kunitz, and “Fourth meditation” a poem by Theodore Roethke were read by Eleanor Sully. A passage from “Medea” by Robinson Jeffers was performed by Judith Anderson. “Pirate Jenny” from “The threepenny opera” by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill was sung by Lotte Lenya. “Song to a seagull” was sung by Joni Mitchell. Musical background included selections from Villa-Lobos, Leonard Bernstein, and Miriam Makeba.

Date Recorded On:

circa September 1969

Date Broadcast On:

KPFA, September 29, 1969

Item Duration:

1 reel (48 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.

Total Duration (All Reels):

Station:
View Folio: KPFA Folio, March 1970, p. 13
Program: Something about women / read by Eleanor Sully; produced by Sue Blumenberg
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Contributors:
Producer: Eleanor Sully
Producer: Sue Blumenberg
Performer: Judith Anderson
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Distributor: Distributor
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

Availability Notice:

This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email:  americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.


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  • pbcoreIdentifier
    • PRA Archive #: BB2799
  • pbcoreTitle
    • Program: Something about women / read by Eleanor Sully; produced by Sue Blumenberg
  • pbcoreRightsSummary
    • rightsSummary

      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

  • pbcorePublisher
    • Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archives, 1969
  • pbcoreContributor
    • Producer: Eleanor Sully
    • Producer: Sue Blumenberg
    • Performer: Judith Anderson