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| Bones Of George Sand, The | ...The Bones Of GEORGE SAND... |
| Composer Of The Week | ...'Is she really a woman?' Chopin is said to have asked after his first encounter with the novelist GEORGE SAND. This inauspicious moment heralded the start of a relationship which was define most of Chopin's adult years. Donald Macleod uncovers the peculiarly maternal nature of their union and assesses its importance in providing the fragile composer with the support which he needed for his talent to flourish.... |
| Dear Master | ...GEORGE SAND - the pen name of Aurore Dupin - was one of the most successful French writers of the 19th century, famous for her unconventional life. When she publicly defended the reclusive Flaubert's second novel, it was the start of an unlikely, but enduring friendship. Adapted by Peter Eyre, translations by Barbara Bray and Francis Steegmuller. With Irene Worth and Peter Eyre. Director: Pete Atkin.... |
| Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) | ...Chopin's best known love affair was with the cross-dressing novelist GEORGE SAND. However, as Donald MacLeod explores in today's programme, there were several other significant women in the composer's life.... |
| Fryderyk Chopin | ...Donald Macleod explores Chopin's time at Nohant, the country retreat of his lover GEORGE SAND, where over seven long summers towards the end of his life he composed much of his finest music.... |
| I'll Be George | ...by Snoo Wilson GEORGE SAND was one of literature's freest spirits, and when she is evoked in present-day PARIS by an Australian tour guide the result is a bawdy fantasia of mother and daughter relationships. With Jane Lapotaire as Sand, and Simon Callow as an incarnated Charles Dickens, the 19th century and 21st century collide in a turbulent and gritty morality tale. GEORGE SAND....Jane Lapotaire Charles Dickens....Simon Callow Marge....Federay Holmes Marie Dorval....Jennie Stoller Solange....Jasmine Hyde Manceau....Jonathan Keeble Japanese/ Frenchman....Gordon Reid Directed by Ned Chaillet ... |
| Off The Page | ...The first of two special editions from New York, with Rick Moody, GEORGE SANDers and AM Homes.... |