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justasking27's review
2.0
A philosophical discussion among personifications of different ideas or characteristics, set against a holiday gathering at a Welsh hall, complete with wine, dancing, and marriages. Interesting, but so many of the ideas were so outdated that parts were hard to read.
mylogicisfuzzy's review
4.0
Entertaining and enjoyable, think it's very successful at what it sets out to do
lnatal's review
3.0
From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
Winter, 1815: Harry Headlong, like all Welsh squires, is fond of shooting, hunting and drinking. But he becomes seized with a passion to form the acquaintance of philosophers and dilettanti.
Narrated by Sir Michael Hordern. Starring Daniel Massey as Escot, Ronald Lacey as Foster, John Grillo as Jenkison, John Horsley as Cranium and William Simons as Headlong.
Thomas Love Peacock's novella dramatised by James Saunders.
Producer: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06y048x
Free download available at Project Gutenberg.
Winter, 1815: Harry Headlong, like all Welsh squires, is fond of shooting, hunting and drinking. But he becomes seized with a passion to form the acquaintance of philosophers and dilettanti.
Narrated by Sir Michael Hordern. Starring Daniel Massey as Escot, Ronald Lacey as Foster, John Grillo as Jenkison, John Horsley as Cranium and William Simons as Headlong.
Thomas Love Peacock's novella dramatised by James Saunders.
Producer: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06y048x
Free download available at Project Gutenberg.
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