London Calling Asia: Ruth Pitter on George Orwell
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Edited Title
London Calling Asia: Ruth Pitter on George Orwell
Archivist's Original Title
London Calling Asia: Ruth Pitter on George Orwell
Original description
Ruth Pitter on George Orwell: Ruth Pitter discusses her poetry and life in a conversation with a male speaker. The recording includes a talk by Ruth Pitter on George Orwell, where she recounts personal memories of Orwell and reflects on his impact on English thought.
Transcription
43:58 - Good evening George Orwell has become a portentous name in our time and especially in the five years that he has been dead. He was a left wing idealist who joined the Burma police and resigned for reasons of conscience, who fought for the popular front in the Spanish War and years later devoted his best talents to a savage satirical attack on communism. I don't think any satirist has made such an impact on English thought since Dean Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels. You probably know . 1984, a brilliant, gloomy, of life in Britain under a totalitarian regime. and Animal FArm, where a goes through a process of tyranny in the Bolshevik pattern. Animal Farm has been made into a popular cartoon film and 1984 created into a Television film which created an impact when it was made a year or two ago. We have here in the studio soomebody who knew george Orwell well in the days before his fame and brief . Ruth Pitter, acclaimed poetess recipient of the Hathorne and the Queen's gold medal for poetry. She is going to recount some of he rpersonal memories . Miss Pitter. I first saw Orwell, or Eric Blair, that is his real name in 1920. He was then about 17
Time duration
0:17:17
Recording date of the original material
1955-08-24
Broadcast Date
1956-01-03
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Resource Language
English
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Tags, Keywords
Chelsea
George Orwell ( 1903-1950)
Poetry
Archivist Category
Spoken voice
Recording context
Radio Programme
Collection source citation
History of ownership
Copied by the British Library from the National Archive on 9th of May 1991.
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Physical format
33 rpm
Original item number
T10271W_C3
SEAH Identifier
BBC00021
Broadcast Topic
Culture
Description
Introduction 0:50- 2:00 This is National Sound Archive Tape T10271W R and this is track W. And this tape comprises recordings borrowed from the National Archive and is being copied on 9th of May 1991. And all these recordings feature the poetess Ruth Pitter, although there are other tracks and bands amongst this recording. The first one I shall transfer is BBC Sound Archives LP 23052. Personal Call of Ruth Pitter interviewed by Stephen Black. This was transmitted on a network which had the BBC had in those days entitled London Calling Asia on the 24th of October 1955, having been recorded on the 19th of October. This is a double-sided 10 inch LP total duration is 17 min 17 sec. and I shall join the 2 sides up. A conversation between Ruth Pitter and Male speaker about Pitter's poetry and life. 02: 00 - 29:28 29:30 - Unidentified male speaker 43:33- The back of BBC Sound Archives LP 2981 is a talk by Ruth Pitter on the subject of George Orwell. Introduced by AW Russell, broadcast on London Calling Asia on 3rd of January 1956. No recording date is given so I assume it's the same date. 17 min. and 2 sec. BBC LP 22981. Broadcast BBC Far Eastern Service (London Calling Asia) 1956-01-03 Dubbing of BBC LP 22981
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
|---|---|---|
 George Orwell |
Person | |
| Ruth Pitter | Person |