- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono.; 12 in.
- Subjects
- Note
- Vanguard: VRS 9176-VRS 9177 (on container: VRS 9176/7).
- "The story of the three sisters of Haworth Parsonage."
- "Compiled by Margaret Webster from Charlotte Brontë's letters, Mrs. Gaskell's "Life", and the poems, diaries, etc. of the sisters, with extracts from 'Jane Eyre', 'Wuthering Heights' and 'Agnes Grey'".
- Automatic sequence.
- Program notes by Pamela Frankau and Harold Clurman, biographical notes on Webster, and reviews of the stage production on container.
- Event (note)
- "As presented at ANTA and the Phoenix Theatre in New York and on tour throughout the United States and England"--Container.
- Contents
- 1820-1835: Introduction ; Childhood at Haworth ; School ; Charlotte as a teacher ; Anne as a governess ; "Agnes Grey" (24:52) -- 1835-1846: School at Brussels ; Haworth again ; First poetry ; "Cold in the Earth" ; First publication ; Novels written and accepted ; An eye operation ; "Jane Eyre" (25:20) -- 1847-1848: Charlotte finds acceptance ; "Wuthering Heights" ; Excitement and mystification of literary London ; Journey ; tragedy at home (23:55) -- 1848-1855: "No Coward Soul" ; Anne's most painful journey ; Charlotte visits Mr. Thackeray ; A suitor ; Marriage ; End of the story, and an epilogue (24:15).
- Call Number
- *LZR 70091
- Author
Webster, Margaret, 1905-1972. Performer
- Title
The Brontës [sound recording] : a dramatic reading / by Margaret Webster.
- Imprint
New York : Vanguard, [1965]
- Performer
Readings by Margaret Webster.
- Event
"As presented at ANTA and the Phoenix Theatre in New York and on tour throughout the United States and England"--Container.
- Added Author
Webster, Margaret, 1905-1972. Compiler
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848.
Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849.
- Publisher No.
VRS 9176--VRS 9177 Vanguard
VRS 9176/7 Vanguard
- Research Call Number
*LZR 70091 Program notes on container.