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- A Very Good Children’s Book (1865)
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- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
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- G.K. Chesterton, Humour (1938)
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Why did Lear write 4 {2, 3, 5, 6} line limericks?
Why did Lear write 4 {2, 3, 5, 6} line limericks? An expert’s answer to a frequently asked question.
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The cat poet
The cat poet Eliot, a fan of the nonsense verse of Edward Lear, had been writing these thumpa-dump rhythm poems to amuse the children of his associates at the London publishing house, Faber and Faber, where Eliot worked. The book … Continue reading
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Karneval der Tiere
Karneval – Ensemble – Karneval der Tiere: Musiktheater mit Puppen fur Menschen ab 6 Jahren Pages on a musical play with music by Camille Saint-Sa�ns and a text which uses Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s translation of The Duck and the Kangaroo.In … Continue reading
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Edward Lear, Choropiskeros
Edward Lear, Choropiskeros, Corfu, a watercolour with pen, ink and coloured chalks Here the precision and colouring of the distant landscape show the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites, whose style he attempted to emulate after meeting William Holman Hunt in 1852. … Continue reading
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Several Large Flies
Edward Lear, L is much disturbed by several large flies, a drawing in pen and ink This jolly sketch, in the manner of his comic illustrations, records an incident on a journey through Italy with his servant Giorgio Kokoli (‘K’). … Continue reading
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Calico Pie
Calico Pie – SBMP 241 Timothy STRANG’s music for Lear’s poem.
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Lost in Goreyland, Pursued by a Hippo
Lost in Goreyland, Pursued by a Hippo The somehow cheerful drawing on the curtain � a headless man reclining comfortably on a pedestal � that greets theatergoers at “The Gorey Details” sends just the right message about the performance that … Continue reading
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Edward Gorey: Master of the Macabre
Edward Gorey: Master of the Macabre, Prolific and Dead After Edward Gorey died in April, Andreas Brown, one of the executors of his estate, visited Gorey�s 200-year-old, 15-room house in Yarmouth Port, Mass. He discovered hundreds of stories and sketches, … Continue reading
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Gorey Details
Off-Broadway ‘Musicale’ Unveils Gorey Details, Oct. 16
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