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Reading Aloud; Christmas Story

11/26/1987

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Series

Reading Aloud

Program

Christmas Story

Series Description

William Cavness reads works of literature on-air. According to Cavness' oral history of the beginnings of Reading Aloud, the series came about, in part, due to the Soviet ban of the work Dr. Zhivago in the Fall of 1958, and the books fourth edition falling out of print in the United States. As such Dr. Zhivago became the first work Cavness read, and the resulting success, directly lead to the creation of the series which ran until Cavness' retirement from WGBH in 1991. Series release date: 11/24/1958

Program Description

Series description: William Cavness reads works of literature on-air. According to Cavness' oral history of the beginnings of Reading Aloud, the series came about, in part, due to the Soviet ban of the work Dr. Zhivago in the Fall of 1958, and the books fourth edition falling out of print in the United States. As such Dr. Zhivago became the first work Cavness read, and the resulting success, directly lead to the creation of the series which ran until Cavness' retirement from WGBH in 1991.

Duration

00:28:50

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Audio

Genres

Performance in a Studio

Topics

Literature

Creators

Cavness, William (Series Producer)

Citation

Chicago: “Reading Aloud; Christmas Story,” 11/26/1987, GBH Archives, accessed January 19, 2025, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_080D79D3306A4B8E8288EDCEA409E66F.

MLA: “Reading Aloud; Christmas Story.” 11/26/1987. GBH Archives. Web. January 19, 2025. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_080D79D3306A4B8E8288EDCEA409E66F>.

APA: Reading Aloud; Christmas Story. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_080D79D3306A4B8E8288EDCEA409E66F