Searching for: "Stendahl"
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Contemptuous of life as a carpenter's son in his native town of Verrieres, Julien Sorel dreams of a fame as great as Napoleon's. To this end he assumes many guises - celibate priest, self-effacing secretary and keen Royalist. He also impresses two very different women, Madame de Renal and Mathilde de la Mole, with disastrous consequences. Throughout the drama, Stendahl ironically records Julien's absurd moral code and the corruptness of the world he strives to conquer. No matter how charming the rest of this tragicomedy; the final act is bloody. 1. THE YOUNG TUTOR. Monsieur de Renal, the mayor Of Verrieres, decides his children need a tutor, and chooses Julien Sorel, a carpenter's son,...read more
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'NBC University Theater' initially started in Chicago with a remit to bring adaptations of classic novels, usually Anglo-American, to a radio audience. Additionally, if listeners signed up they received college credit to a radio-assisted correspondence course. A study guide, The Handbook of the World's Great Novels, was available for 25 cents. In its later years it also included short stories and plays and went on to win the distinguished Peabody award.Unlike many other radio shows University Theatre did not pursue the glamourous stars for its productions but instead relied on excellent distillations of the novels and first class acting alongside high production values.But now its time...read more
