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The Life of Rylands

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George 'Dadie' Rylands has lived in the same set of rooms in King's College, Cambridge, for more than 60 years.
A Shakespeare scholar, he founded the Cambridge Arts
Theatre, compiled the 'ages of man' anthology, and has been a lasting influence on generations of actors and directors.
He talks with Chris Kelly about the many friends and colleagues he has known during his 87 years: Thomas Hardy, George Orwell, T.S. Eliot, the Woolfs, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt, Lytton
Strachey, Somerset Maugham, E.M. Forster, Cecil Beaton and many others.
Producer HARRY THOMPSON (R)

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Source: Radio Times

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