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  • Sir Allen Lane

    Interview with Sir Allen Lane

    1962

    Studs discusses books with Sir Allen Lane and labor with his driver, Clifford Bosley, while Studs was visiting the UK in 1962. The main topic of conversation with Sir Allen Lane is the history of paperback books in both the UK and the US. Lane, along with his brothers Richard and John Lane, founded Penguin Books in 1935. This made both fiction and nonfiction literature widely available to the general public. Literacy amongst the masses is discussed, as is censorship. Studs' interview with Clifford Bosley begins at 32:33.

  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf discusses her role as The Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier ; part 3

    Nov. 2, 1960

    Studs Terkel discusses with Elizabet her her role as The Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier. This interview is done in three parts.

  • [Ron Ing] and [Rudy Trugho] discuss their world travels while playing music

    Jun. 24, 1959
  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf discusses her career a week after a performance at Ravinia ; part 2

    Jul. 16, 1965

    Interviewing soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

  • Stanislaw Pchenikov and Valentin Nikolaevich Pluchek discuss theater with Studs Terkel ; part 2

    Jan. 19, 1962

    Studs Terkel discusses Russian theater with Stanislaw Pchenikov and Theater director Valentin Nikolaevich Pluchek.

  • Discussing Gilbert and Sullivan with Jane Stedman

    Jane Stedman discusses the works of Gilbert and Sullivan ; part 1

    Jan. 25, 1965

    Jane Stedman discusses the lives of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan and the works they created jointly as Gilbert and Sullivan with emphasis on their comic opera "Utopia, Limited."

  • Good Bye, Picasso

    Discussing the book "Good Bye, Picasso"

    Nov. 27, 1974

    David D. Duncan discusses his book "Goodbye, Picasso" and talks about the artwork of Pablo Picasso and his friendship with him. The program opens with Gertrude Stein reading from her poem "If I told him". Excerpts from the dedication of "The Picasso" statue in Daley Plaza. Studs speaks with residents of Chicago and gets their thoughts on the sculpture.

  • Rita Streich discusses her upcoming recital and Studs plays selections ; part 3

    Feb. 17, 1962

    Studs Terkel interviews Rita Streich about her recital coming up. He also plays selections from her work for viewers to listen to. She also talks about music during World War II.

  • Interview with Paul Ulanowsky

    This is a re-broadcast of an interview that Studs Terkel had with pianist Paul Ulanowsky. Paul discusses a historical recital that he performed some years before.

  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf discusses her roles and interpretation ; part 1

    Apr. 11, 1962

    Studs Terkel talks with Elisabeth about her career in opera. She discusses her thoughts of her overall career.

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