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Spike Milligan’s Musical Interlude with Edward Lear

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Charles Newington: “A Musical Interlude With Mr Edward Lear,” circa 2001. A folio of seventeen aquatints, each signed by the artist and inscribed in pencil: Artists Proof for Spike Milligan, the majority also titled, together with CD and other related items, … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Parsons on Edward Lear in Corfu

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

The Reading Society of Corfu will be hosting an event, “An Evening with Edward Lear,” with Nicholas Parsons on 9 October next, at 7.30 pm:

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Slingsby’s Ode to Nonsense

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Ode to Nonsense, the first opera devoted to Edward Lear’s life, will premiere at Her Majesty’s Theatre on 26 April, and will be on until 4 May. You should watch the Making-of videos on Vimeo (Episode 1, Episode 2), as … Continue reading →

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Parrots, Music, and More

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Robert Peck has kindly obtained permission to upload his article on Edward Lear’s ornithological illustrations from the latest issue of Landscope (vol. 28 no. 2, summer 2012-13): A Passion for Parrots (pdf file, 1.19MB). A great Christmas present for all … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading & Listening

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Marco Graziosi

Charles Lewsen kindly sent me a number of photographs of the celebrations for Edward Lear’s bicentenay in London on 12 May and I have created a Facebook album you might like to see. This week’s Guardian Book Podcast: Poet and … Continue reading →

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More Mr. Lear

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Here is another song from the Mr. Lear show in Paris, and an invitation for tomorrow’s performance:

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Mr. Lear Show-Case, Some Extracts

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Benjamin Charavner sent out some extracts from the show I mentioned a few weeks ago, Mr. Lear Show-Case; the recording, as he notes, is not high quality, but acceptable: “c’est juste une photo sonore d’un moment qui fut, pour tout … Continue reading →

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Mr Lear Show-Case

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

In case you are in Paris for the holidays and want to see an Edward Lear show.

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The Hunt for the Scroobious Pip

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

The writer/director team of Andrew Pollard and Adam Sunderland have a fine reputation for turning slightly old-fashioned children’s classics into engagingly low-budget entertainments. They have previously made minimalist masterpieces out of Heidi and The Water Babies: now it’s the turn … Continue reading →

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