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Reading Aloud; Jules Verne: Around the Moon
04/04/1966
Part 1 of 13
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- Series
- Reading Aloud
- Program
- Jules Verne: Around the Moon
- Program Number
1
- 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
00:29:30
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Audio
- Genres
- Performance in a Studio
- Topics
- Literature
- Creators
- Cavness, William (Series Producer)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Reading Aloud; Jules Verne: Around the Moon,” 04/04/1966, GBH Archives, accessed December 9, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_2DCD455D3C2D4B2FA52E9E5BE9B101F9.
- MLA: “Reading Aloud; Jules Verne: Around the Moon.” 04/04/1966. GBH Archives. Web. December 9, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_2DCD455D3C2D4B2FA52E9E5BE9B101F9>.
- APA: Reading Aloud; Jules Verne: Around the Moon. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_2DCD455D3C2D4B2FA52E9E5BE9B101F9