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Four illustrated talks by George Rylands
2—John Donne
Taking Donne to represent those poets who use words primarily for their meaning, George Rylands speaks of the challenge offered to anyone who reads this kind of poetry' to an audience. The talk is illustrated with recordings made by John Gielgud. Anthony Quayle , and Raf de la Torre.
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 10)
Next talk: Wednesday at 10.0

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George Rylands
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John Donne
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Taking Donne
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George Rylands
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John Gielgud.
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Anthony Quayle

First of two talks by J. B. Ward Perkins
Director of the British School at Rome
The speaker has recently visited the excavations that have been carried out since 1940 underneath St. Peter's in Rome on and around the traditional site of St. Peter's tomb. In this talk he describes the Roman cemetery found underneath the Basilica of Constantine (the building that preceded the present church), and he examines such evidence as has come to light on the question of whether St. Peter was buried there.
On Thursday at 10.5 Mr. Ward Perkins considers the influence of the early Christian basilicas of Rome on' tater Western architecture and comments on the way in which the history of architecture reflects contemporary events and aspirations.

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J. B. Ward Perkins

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