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' POLITE CONVERSATION'

Third Programme
on Third Programme

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by Dr. Jonathan Swift
Produced by D. G. Bridson
The Three Dialogues that make up Dean Swift's ' Polite Conversation ' are intended to give satirical samples of the fashionably affected speech of the time. The cliches and catch phrases that they retail, however, make up a fascinating study of conversational usage in the Augustan Age

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Jonathan Swift
Produced By:
D. G. Bridson
Dean Swift:
Richard Hurndall
Lord Sparkish:
Ronald Simpson
Lord Smart:
Antony Holies
Sir John Linger:
Malcolm Hayes
Mr Neverout:
Alan Wheatley
Colonel Atwit:
Ivan Samson
Lady Smart:
Sybil Arundate
Miss Notable:
Joan Hodson
Lady Answerall:
Grizelda Hervey
Source: Radio Times

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